Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Poland supports free, independent Belarus says president

Duda stated that Poland had been supporting the Belarusian opposition and would continue to do this because "...the Polish people are deeply convinced that the struggle will be successful for Belarusians who want to have a free and sovereign country." Radek Pietruszka/PAP

Andrzej Duda, the president, has said that Poland wants to have a frontier with a free and independent Belarus, and not with an occupied territory.

Belarus puts Polish minority leader on 'terrorist list'

A reporter and Polish minority leader in Belarus, Andrzej Poczobut, has been put on a 'terrorist list' by Belarusian authorities, the Viasna human rights organisation has reported.

Belarusian opposition backs Ukraine Tsikhanouskaya tells Polish PM

The exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has told Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, that the Belarusian opposition fully supports the Ukrainian authorities in its war against Russian aggressor.

Poland among first to back Belarusian democracy movement - Tsikhanouskaya

Poland was among the first countries to back the democracy movement in Belarus, exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on Thursday after meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw.

Belarusian opposition activist appeals for support of mass media

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko's competitor in last year's election and opposition activist, has called on Poland and other countries to offer support to Belarusian mass media and social organisations.

Białystok opens Belarusian refugee centre

An aid centre for Belarusian refugees from Alexander Lukashenko’s regime and Belarusians of Polish descent was opened on Monday in Białystok, north-eastern Poland.

Deputy speaker, three ministers survive no-confidence motion

A deputy speaker of the Polish Sejm (lower house) and three government ministers survived a no-confidence motion in parliament on Wednesday night.

Belarusian opposition activists receive Polish distinction

Three Belarusian opposition activists have received Poland's Jan Nowak-Jeziorański Award for their fight for human rights.

Opposition party calls for dismissal of deputy lower house speaker

Poland's main opposition party Civic Platform has announced a motion for the dismissal of a deputy Sejm (lower house) speaker from the ruling Law and Justice following his critical remarks about a Belarusian opposition activist.

Belarusian opposition leader to unveil Solidarity monument in Warsaw

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled Belarusian opposition leader, will unveil a monument in Warsaw honouring Poland's first partially-free elections of 1989, which paved the way to democracy.

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