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“I support all those who will take to the streets of their city this Sunday,” Cichanouskaya said in a statement posted on the Telegram social network.
“Together, we can achieve our goal of holding new and fair elections, followed by a legitimate and formal inauguration,” said Cichanouskaya, a 38-year-old former English teacher who decided to run for president after her husband wanted to run. elections, arrest.
The EU issued a statement this week saying the elections in Belarus were neither free nor fair. After a secret inauguration, the EU did not recognize Lukashenko as the legitimate president of the country.
As soon as the first elections were announced on August 9. As a result, massive protests broke out in Minsk and other Belarusian cities, which escalated into clashes with the militia. Thousands of people were arrested and many protesters were injured.
On Friday, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia expanded the list of Belarusian officials subject to sanctions for human rights violations.
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