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07.10.2022
60 minutes with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of the democratic opposition in Belarus
About this event
07 October 2022 from 13:00 until 14:00
Émile Boutmy Amphitheatre
27 rue Saint-Guillaume, 75007, ParisThe Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) is honored to welcome Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya a leader of the democratic opposition in Belarus. Students will have an opportunity to engage in a direct discussion chaired by Arancha González, the Dean of PSIA.
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya ran to become Belarus president in 2020 when her husband, Sergei Tikhanovsky, was imprisoned for his opposition to the Belarus regime. She contested the re-election of Lukashenko in the face of strong evidence of electoral fraud. A former professor and translator of English, Tikhanovskaya is now a refugee in Lithuania where she leads the Belarusian democratic opposition.