People's Embassies of Belarus

Appeal of Belarusians to the EU

May 22, 2023 | All news

European Commission European External Action Service EU Governments Governments of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia U.S. Department of State Appeal In the 21st century, mass crimes are taking place in the centre of Europe. Crimes against humanity are carried out by...

Aid to Belarusian refugees, tribunal for Lukashenka, defending Belarus from Russian absorption

May 17, 2023 | All news

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe President Tiny Kox during the CoE Summit in Reykjavik. He invited Ms. Tsikhanouskaya to speak at the PACE plenary session in June, which will feature a presentation of the report on the...

“I envision a Belarus where the principles upheld by the Council of Europe are not distant ideals but everyday realities”

May 16, 2023 | All news

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s speech at the PACE Standing Committee meeting in Reykjavik: “President Kox, Madame Prime Minister,Madame Minister, Dear Members of the Standing Committee,Dear friends, Today, I came to you with a very simple message from...

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya spoke in Copenhagen on nuclear weapons in Belarus

May 15, 2023 | All news

On May 15, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya attended the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, where she delivered an address as a keynote speaker on the situation in Belarus and the geopolitical risks of nuclear weapons deployment, as well as the situation with political prisoners....

Lukashenko’s regime illegally transferred children to Belarus, it is a grave breach of the Geneva Convention

May 12, 2023 | All news

Pavel Latushka in an interview for Times Radio (United Kingdom) 11.05.2023 You are talking about Ukrainian children being taken to Belarus for permanent residence? Is it against their parent’s wishes? How does it happen? We’ve prepared the Report “Role of...

“I call on each of you to care for political prisoners not only on May 21 but every day”

May 12, 2023 | All news

The United Transitional Cabinet Deputy Head, Valery Kavaleuski, addressed the Belarusian people on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus: “One of my priorities in Washington is to communicate the situation in Belarus...

“Israel has no illusions about the Lukashenka regime”

May 10, 2023 | All news

The Ambassador of Israel to Lithuania, Hadas Wittenberg Silverstein, visited the Office of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to discuss the situation with political prisoners in Belarus, the threat of nuclear weapons stationing, Belarusian-Israeli cultural ties, and...

“White Russia” – the new NSDAP?

May 9, 2023 | All news

The recent statement by Oleg Romanov, chairman of the newly created party “Belaya Rus”, gives serious reason to think – not only to Lukashenko’s inner circle, but to a much larger number, probably to tens, if not hundreds of thousands of...

Statement on the death of political prisoner Mikalai Klimovich

May 7, 2023 | All news

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “Last year, political prisoner Mikalai Klimovich drew a comical picture of Lukashenka. He was arrested in December 2022 but released a few days later due to his severe heart-related disability as imprisonment could lead to...

Lithuania’s working group on Belarusian migrants held its first meeting

May 4, 2023 | All news

On May 4, Lithuania’s working group on migration and public security held its first meeting. The group was established as agreed at a meeting between Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Lithuania’s Minister of the Interior Agnė Bilotaitė. The working group includes...

Meetings with the President of Ireland, Speaker of Parliament, speech before the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee

May 3, 2023 | All news

As part of her visit to Ireland, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins. He expressed full support for Belarusians and spoke about the Irish experience of fighting for identity and independence and restoring culture and...

Situation with former presidential candidate Viktar Babaryka and the regime’s pressure on political prisoners

Apr 27, 2023 | All news

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Senior Advisor, Franak Viacorka, commented on the situation with Viktar Babaryka and the regime’s pressure on political prisoners. He also discussed the response from Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, her Office, and the United Transitional...

German Bundestag established a Friends of Belarus group

Apr 25, 2023 | All news

During Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s visit to Germany, she held a meeting in the Bundestag. The result of the meeting was the creation of a group of Friends of Belarus in the German parliament. The group includes 30 MPs from almost all German political factions in...

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s speech at the meeting with the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Committee for EU Affairs of the Bundestag in Berlin, 2023

Apr 25, 2023 | All news, News of People’s Embassies

“Mr. Chairman Michael Roth, Mr. Chairman Dr. Anton Hofreiter,Dear members of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the European Affairs Committee,Dear friends, Thank you for this opportunity to meet with you. On behalf of the Belarusian people, let me thank you for...

Second Conference of the Belarusian Diaspora. Memorandum of cooperation

Apr 24, 2023 | All news, News of People’s Embassies

In the conference held on April 22-23 in Vilnius, representatives of the People’s Embassies of Belarus from different countries – Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden and Estonia – also took an active part. During the conference, representatives...

“The Lithuanian Seimas distinguishes the regime from the Belarusian people”

Apr 20, 2023 | All news

Today, the Lithuanian Seimas voted on the law on restrictive measures against citizens of Belarus and Russia. The vote overrode the veto of Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and resulted in the adoption of the softer restrictions against Belarusians proposed by the...

Belarusians must be distinguished from the regime

Apr 14, 2023 | All news

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “Today the President of Lithuania vetoed the law that imposes restrictions on Russian and Belarusian nationals in Lithuania.  From the very beginning, my team worked to protect the rights of Belarusians and make these restrictions...

Statement of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus on Countering the Threat of Deployment of Russian Nuclear Weapons on the Territory of Belarus

Apr 5, 2023 | All news

a) Having regard to the statement of the president of the Russian Federation V. Putin on the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus,b) recalling the illegality of Alexander Lukashenka’s retention of power after his defeat in the 2020 presidential...

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya addressed the Letter to the United Nations Security Council Regarding the Deployment of Russian Nuclear Forces on the Territory of Belarus

Mar 31, 2023 | All news

Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus, Leader of the Democratic Forces of Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya addressed the Letter to the United Nations Security Council Regarding the Deployment of Russian Nuclear Forces on the Territory of...

Threat to the independence of Belarus must be reviewed by the UN Security Council and General Assembly

Mar 30, 2023 | All news

Today, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya greeted French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna in her office in Vilnius. The meeting discussed holding the Lukashenka regime accountable so that its crimes do not go unpunished and it is brought to account for repressions against...