{"id":7656,"date":"2024-04-10T19:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=7656"},"modified":"2024-04-10T19:00:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T16:00:21","slug":"exiled-belarusian-opposition-leader-in-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=7656","title":{"rendered":"Exiled Belarusian opposition leader in Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/exiled-belarusian-opposition-leader-in-cyprus.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Exiled Belarusian political opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya visited Cyprus <\/strong>on Wednesday, meeting with House president Annita Demetriou and the House foreign affairs committee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-1649768242\">\n<div id=\"cypru-1204379165\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-3281341504239-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tsikhanouskaya rose to prominence in Belarus after her husband, long-time dissident of Alexander Lukashenko\u2019s regime Sergei Tikhanovsky, was arrested on announcing his candidacy for the country\u2019s 2020 presidential election.<br \/>\nShe ran in his place, seeking constitutional reform, free and fair elections, and term limits.<br \/>\nHer campaign was defined by large rallies in the face of arrests of supporters and threats from the government. She claimed to have won the election, but Lukashenko, with the power of the Belarusian state behind him, <strong>declared he had won with 81 per cent of the vote<\/strong>.<br \/>\nShe fled to Lithuania and founded a government in exile, known as the United Transitional Cabinet, while her husband was sentenced to 16 years in prison, where he remains to this day.<br \/>\n\u201cWe noted our concern about violations of human rights and civil liberties, as well as the eroding democracy in Belarus due to the actions of the authoritarian Lukashenko regime,\u201d said Demetriou.<br \/>\n\u201cWe highlighted <strong>the active and decisive role that the European Union must play in confronting dictatorial regimes<\/strong> and antidemocratic practices, and that the erosion of democratic values is fuelling the rise of extremist elements and should concern the EU,\u201d she added.<br \/>\nHouse foreign affairs committee chairman and Disy MP Harris Georgiades described Belarus as \u201ca large, important European country which has experienced decades of brutal dictatorship.\u201d<br \/>\nHe added, \u201c<strong>the struggle for freedom and democracy in Belarus is also our struggle<\/strong>.\u201d<br \/>\nTsikhanouskaya told the committee that \u201cthe people of Belarus are fighting for democratic changes.\u201d<br \/>\nThere is a \u201cdeep humanitarian crisis\u201d going on in Belarus, she added, \u201cas <strong>thousands of political prisoners have been taken hostage<\/strong> by this regime which has seized power and unleashed the most brutal terror for many years.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cBelarus belongs historically to the European family of nations, and we want our country to return to this family,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nShe went on to thank Cyprus, President Nikos Christodoulides, and the parliament, \u201cfor holding a strong position on Lukashenko\u2019s regime and supporting Belarusians in their fight for democratic changes.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201c<strong>We share your values and we are fighting for the values you are enjoying every day<\/strong>. No fight can be won alone, we need solidarity, we need support from the democratic world. What I want to see is more decisiveness from the side of democracy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exiled Belarusian political opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya visited Cyprus and met with House president Annita Demetriou and the House foreign affairs committee. The European Union must play an active role in confronting dictatorial regimes, and the struggle for freedom and democracy in Belarus is also Cyprus&#8217; struggle. Thousands of political prisoners have been taken hostage in Belarus, and Tsikhanouskaya thanked Cyprus for supporting Belarusians in their fight for democratic 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