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Svetlana Tikhanovskaya

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a meeting with Commonwealth of Independent States officials in Minsk on May 28, 2021. (Dmitry Astakhov/POOL/AFP)
June 23, 2021, 6:50 pm
Belarus’s Lukashenko blasts ‘Nazi’ Germany after new Western sanctions
EU, US, UK and Canada also target Belarusian revenue sources in response to forcible diversion of international flight to Minsk to detain opposition activist on board
By AFP
Law enforcement officers carry a woman to be transported by ambulance during a rally to protest against the Belarus presidential election results, in Minsk on September 19, 2020. (TUT.BY / AFP)
September 20, 2020, 12:23 am
Belarus detains hundreds at protest, tries to muzzle opposition leader at UN
Riot police bundle hundreds of women into vans, as opposition marchers rally in Minsk calling to end President Alexander Lukashenko’s 26-year rule
By AFP
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, candidate for the presidential elections, reacts during a meeting with her supporters in Minsk, Belarus, July 19, 2020 (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
August 17, 2020, 12:28 pm
Exiled Belarus opposition head says ready to be ‘national leader’
After strongman Alexander Lukashenko claims to win election with 80% of vote, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya calls for his resignation, release of political prisoners
By AFP
Alina Krus, 26, holds a poster at the place where a protester died amid the clashes in Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 12, 2020 saying "It's my birthday today. I made a wish that no one gets killed. We are peaceful people. Enough with the violence, please." (AP Photo)
August 13, 2020, 9:00 am
2nd Belarus protester dies, 6,000 arrested after disputed election
State television airs footage of detained young demonstrators with bloodied and bruised faces being asked if they wanted a ‘revolution’
By Tatiana Kalinovskaya
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, candidate for the presidential elections, reacts during a meeting with her supporters in Minsk, Belarus, July 19, 2020 (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
August 11, 2020, 4:13 pm
Defeated challenger in disputed Belarus election flees to Lithuania
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya says she left for the sake of her children; staffer: She was forced out by authorities; dictator Lukashenko’s Sunday ‘victory’ has led to violent clashes
By Tatiana Kalinovskaya
Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko arrives to vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk on August 9, 2020. (Sergei GAPON / POOL / AFP)
August 10, 2020, 1:27 pm
Belarus declares huge win for Lukashenko; challenger says she won, cites fraud
Footage shows brutal police crackdown on protesters denouncing election rigging, with 1 death reported; 3,000 activists nabbed; challenger Tikhanovskaya demands leader yield power
By AFP and ToI Staff
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrives to vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, August 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
August 9, 2020, 3:21 pm
Belarus authoritarian leader, opposition chief face off in tense vote
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, a 37-year-old English teacher, is standing in, after authorities barred her husband from running and then jailed him; vote widely expected to be rigged
By Tatiana Kalinovskaya
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