Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Dec 11, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Georgia Beeston |Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya |Jemimah Steinfeld

Last month, Body in Progress, an autobiographical play written and performed by Belarusian poet Hanna Komar, debuted in London at Theatre Deli. Set against the backdrop of the fraudulent 2020 Belarus elections and the brutal crackdown that followed, Body in Progress tells the story of Komar’s ongoing experience with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after she fled her country and settled in the UK.

Dec 10, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya |Jemimah Steinfeld |Sarah Dawood |Pouria Nazemi

Belarus is ending 2024 and entering the new year with a grim outlook. The dictator of 30 years, who maintains his grip through unprecedented repression, is holding a sham “reelection” on 26 January – again. Aliaksandr Lukashenka is threatening to shut down the internet during the election – again. Any form of protest is being brutally suppressed – again.

Dec 1, 2024 | euobserver.com | Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya |Josep Borrell

Belarus is a European country. Its people share the same values as those in Warsaw, Paris, and Berlin - freedom, dignity, and self-determination. The streets of Minsk, Hrodna, and Viciebsk echo the aspirations of countless Belarusians who risked their lives in 2020, protesting peacefully for a democratic future. They made their choice: they want Belarus to be a free and independent country. Yet today, Belarus is at a crossroads. While supporting Ukraine, we must not forget about Belarus.

Aug 16, 2024 | thehill.com | Beth Van Schaack |Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Alexander Lukashenko, the authoritarian leader of Belarus, has never been held to account for perpetrating massive human rights violations after the country’s fraudulent presidential election on Aug. 9, 2020. This ongoing impunity has caused unspeakable suffering for Belarusians and now fuels the Belarusian regime’s complicity in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Aug 13, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Martin Bright |Mark Stimpson |Daisy Ruddock |Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

The race riots which erupted this month in the UK in response to disinformation about the knife attack at a Taylor Swift dance class in Southport, took many people by surprise. But not Joshi Herrmann, the founder of Mill Media, whose company has a new approach to local journalism. What began as The Mill in Manchester, now has outlets in Liverpool (The Post) Sheffield (Sheffield Tribune) and Birmingham (The Dispatch).