By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The European Parliament awarded its 2020 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of thought to Belarus democratic opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and other members of the movement in Brussels Wednesday. EU Parliament President David Sassoli presented the Prize to Tsikhanouskaya and
Credit: europe-diplomatic.eu/ Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko, President of Belarus DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The U.S. no longer recognizes Aleksandr Lukashenko as the legitimate president of Belarus, the State Department said in a statement on Wednesday amid the country’s disputed election in August. Longtime incumbent President Lukashenko won 80.23%
Credit: Wikipedia / Belarus Opposition challenger Svetlana Tikhanovskaya By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Belarusian opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya urged the United Nations to impose sanctions on individuals in the Belarus government of President Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko amid the
Credit: Wikipedia / Belarus Opposition challenger Svetlana Tikhanovskaya By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Belarusian activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said Tuesday “Belarus has woken up” and “the peaceful revolution is taking place.” Tikhanovskaya, who is best known as Belarus’ main opposition leader, fled Minsk and is
Credit: Wikipedia / Belarus Opposition challenger Svetlana Tikhanovskaya By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Belarus main opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has fled the country in the aftermath of Sunday’s disputed presidential elections. Tikhanovskaya reportedly left Belarus and is in Lithuania after she asserted that
Credit: europe-diplomatic.eu/ Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko, President of Belarus By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell sharply criticized Sunday’s presidential elections in Belarus for the “disproportionate and unacceptable state violence against peaceful protesters”. According to a preliminary