"I know that Belarusians woke up. Belarusians—we will never return to the state of slaves, as we had been living for 27 years. I don’t hope—I’m sure, that Belarus will be a success story. We will win [against] autocracy. We will bring our country to democratic changes. I take this belief from the Belarusian people, from those who are behind the bars. I take this belief from democratic countries that are standing with Belarusians at this difficult moment. Together, with the free world, we will be able to bring our country, our wonderful Belarus to these changes as well."
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"The Pen Pod: Resilience, Struggle, And The Fight For Freedom In Belarus With Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya" in PEN America (23 July 2021)
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Sviatlana Heorhiyeuna Tsikhanouskaya or Svetlana Georgiyevna Tikhanovskaya (Belarusian: Святлана Георгіеўна Ціханоўская / Śviatłana Hieorhijeŭna Cichanoŭskaja) (Russian: Светлана Георгиевна Тихановская) (born 11 September 1982) is a Belarusian human rights activist and politician who ran in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election as the main opposition candidate after her husband Sergei Tikhanovsky was arrested.
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