Poland, refuge of the Belarusian opposition
Olga Kovalkova, member of the presidium of the opposition coordinating council, arrested on August 25, then detained in Minsk, she was transported at the beginning of September to the Polish border by the Belarusian security services.
RFI / Anastasia Becchio
By: Anastasia Becchio
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After seeing Emmanuel Macron last week and Angela Merkel yesterday (October 6), Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa is speaking today by videoconference to deputies of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the French National Assembly.
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The competitor of Alexander Lukashenko in the presidential election of August 9, 2020 in Belarus now lives in exile in Vilnius.
Both Lithuania and Poland are the strongholds of the Belarusian opposition in exile, a position which aims to free political prisoners, put an end to repressions and organize a new presidential election.
While the demonstrations against the controversial re-election against the indestructible Alexander Lukashenko will enter their third month, from Warsaw these detractors are mobilizing.
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