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“I think it would be a very nice symbolic decision, considering how much Lithuania supported the Belarusian opposition, considering that we had a beautiful Symbolic Path to Freedom in August, and I would very much like to see such a beautiful award given to the Belarusian democratic opposition. “. the head of parliament told reporters in the Seimas on Thursday.
On Thursday, the chairwoman of the Freedom Awards Commission Paulė Kuzmickienė presented the Seimas with a proposal to award this prize established by the Seimas to the democratic opposition in Belarus fighting against the Aliaksandr Lukashenko regime.
“This award is given first and foremost to the Belarusian people, the democratic opposition in Belarus, who to this day, certainly not during the first month, attend large protest rallies every week and express their will,” said Kuzmickienė.
The president of Seimas and the director of the Freedom Prize Commission stated that S. Cichanouskaja, who currently lives in Vilnius, could symbolically withdraw the prize.
“Yesterday I had a remote meeting with Svetlana Cichanouskaya. I think it would be symbolic and could be seen as a symbol of the opposition, ”said V. Čmilytė-Nielsen.
Thousands of protests continue in Belarus after the presidential elections in early August, which were declared the winners by the country’s authoritarian leader, Lukashenko. Officials from the Minsk regime are constantly suppressing protests by force, arresting protesters.
The Freedom Prize is awarded annually on January 13 during the solemn commemoration of Freedom Defenders Day. It reaches 5,000. euros.
The Freedom Prize established by the Seimas is awarded to people who deserve freedom, democracy and human rights. It also assesses the contribution of individuals and organizations to promoting cross-border cooperation in the fight for free choice and sovereignty of the peoples of Central and Eastern Europe.
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