People's Embassies of Belarus

The US will appoint a Belarus special envoy: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Robin Dunnigan

Jan 31, 2023 | All news

The meeting was held on January 30 in Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Office premises in Vilnius and was also attended by the United Transitional Cabinet Representative for Foreign Affairs and the Office’s Foreign Policy Department, as well as members of the US...

Facilitating visas and residence permits, supporting Belarusian initiatives: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Advisor Kristina Rikhter addressed the PACE Migration Committee

Jan 27, 2023 | All news

The PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons has appointed special rapporteur Paul Galles to prepare a report on “Addressing the specific challenges faced by the Belarusians in exile”. This report is a chance to investigate the...

Rehabilitation for political prisoners and their families, support for the Belarusian diaspora. Results of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s first working visit to Croatia

Jan 26, 2023 | All news

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is visiting Zagreb at the invitation of Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. This is the first official visit of the Belarusian leader to Croatia. During her one-day visit, she held meetings with representatives of the Croatian...

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Pavel Latushka, and Polish Foreign Minister discussed forming an international coalition For Free and Democratic Belarus

Jan 25, 2023 | All news

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and the United Transitional Cabinet Representative for the Transit of Power Pavel Latushka met today with Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Tsikhanouskaya invited the...

“We cannot and have no right to stop fighting for our home”. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s speech on the anniversary of the uprising of 1863, Vilnius

Jan 22, 2023 | All news

“Dear President Gitanas Nauseda,Ambassador Urszula Doroszewska,Ambassador Petro Beshta, Dear ambassadors, guests,Dear friends, It is an honor for me to speak before you today. The uprising of 1863 unites Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine and Belarus. Our peoples refused to...

EIB and EBRD leaders assured Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya of ceasing cooperation with the Lukashenka regime and continued support for repressed Belarusian businesses in the EU

Jan 20, 2023 | All news

On the margins of the Davos Forum Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held meetings with the President of the European Investment Bank Werner Hoyer and the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Odile Renaud-Basso. The parties discussed...

Poland introduced a travel document for Belarusians who have lost their passports

Jan 20, 2023 | All news, News of Belarusians of the world

On January 18, Poland’s Interior Ministry working group held another meeting involving Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Advisor Kristina Rikhter, Belarusian Solidarity Center representative Volha Dabravolskaya, and National Anti-Crisis Management lawyer...

A precedent set: the UN Human Rights Committee is considering two complaints regarding the strikes in Belarus

Jan 20, 2023 | All news

The first case is the strike at Belaruskali in August 2020, which the Belarusian court declared illegal and whose participants were repressed. In their complaint, members of the strike committee recount their politically motivated dismissal and torture during...

The European Parliament adopted a Resolution on the Establishment of a Tribunal on Putin’s and Lukashenka’s Regimes

Jan 19, 2023 | All news

The European Parliament voted for a Resolution calling for creation of a special international tribunal to investigate war crimes not only of Putin’s regime, but Lukashenka’s regime as well. An RFE/RL journalist Rikard Jozwiak reported this on Twitter. The Resolution...

«Belarus will always be a part of the huge European economy». Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s speech at the panel discussion on Belarus at the World Economic Forum in Davos, 2023

Jan 19, 2023 | All news

Panel discussion: Belarusian business today and economic revival in a democratic Belarus “Dear guests, dear speakers, Dear all, I am happy to see you here.  This is a historic event. The very first Belarus event at the World Economic Forum in Davos. And I would...

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on consistency against the regime and its complicity in the war

Jan 12, 2023 | All news

“We understand that the Ukrainian authorities would not want to provoke Lukashenka. But the idea that this will stop him is wrong. In early 2022 he made promises to Ukraine of no invasion. We know how it ended up. Lukashenka never keeps his word and will do what...

“Keep working, Sisters!” or a story about the nuns of St.Elizabeth’s Monastery in Minsk who are subsidising killing of Ukrainians.

Jan 11, 2023 | All news

“The convent in Minsk has repeatedly been caught up in scandalous stories,” Christian Visions reports. Back in 2020 the monastery was at the centre of scandals because of its support for state terror against Belarusian civilians and now it is supporting...

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s speech at the expert discussion: “The United Democratic Forces of Belarus: strategic agenda for 2023+ and international support”

Jan 10, 2023 | All news

“Let me express my gratitude to Oxford Belarus Observatory for organizing this discussion and helping us to keep Belarus on the international agenda. I am glad to see among the participants minister Reinsalu.  Dear Urmas, your personal involvement in the...

Belarus, 2022: a minimum of 17 people per day were detained on a politically motivated basis! At least 6,381 have been detained in the course of the year. Information about repressions in the years 2020-2022

Jan 10, 2023 | All news

Belsat.eu collected and analyzed all available figures related to criminal and administrative persecution of Belarusians over the past 2.5 years. After the suppression of the mass protests of 2020, the intensity of politically motivated...

“Rail guerrilla” shot in knees during arrest, sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment

Jan 9, 2023 | All news

Belarusian Vital Melnik, recognized as a political prisoner, was sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security penal colony and property confiscation. In addition, he has to pay a fine of about $3,800 USD. Vital Melnik, 40, was accused of setting fire to a...

Lukashenko’s regime will restrict the rights of Belarusians having a residence permit abroad

Jan 4, 2023 | All news

Last week, the regime published a new version of the draft amendments to the Law “On Nationality of the Republic of Belarus”. Lawyers of the National Anti-Crisis Management have analyzed the changes. This project is known...

By late 2022, 13 national parliaments have formed groups For Democratic Belarus. What do they do and who needs them?

Dec 27, 2022 | All news

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Representative for Parliamentary Cooperation Anatoli Liabedzka commented on the groups and progress in their formation: “As of today, 13 national parliaments have formed groups For Democratic Belarus: in Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic,...

Opening of new People’s Embassies of Belarus in Israel and Italy and reopening of the People’s Embassy of Belarus in Ukraine

Dec 24, 2022 | All news, News of People’s Embassies

During a press conference in Warsaw on the occasion of the two-year anniversary of the People’s Embassies of Belarus initiative, it was announced the official opening of new People’s Embassies of Belarus in Israel and Italy, as well as the resumption of...

Belarusian students will be free to enter universities and continue their studies in Estonia

Dec 24, 2022 | All news

In his letter, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu informed Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Office that: – Estonian universities will not apply any restrictive conditions to the admission of Belarusian students; – Belarusian students are eligible to apply for a...

Grain transit and regime’s initiative to revoke Belarusians’ citizenship on the agenda: results of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s visit to Finland

Dec 15, 2022 | All news

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya completed her visit to Finland, where she arrived at the invitation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. President Sauli Niinistö received Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya at his presidential residence. She noted the consensus in Belarusian society on...