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The arrested Belarusian blogger Sergei Tikhanovsky was allowed a telephone conversation with his wife Svetlana, who, according to an independent vote count, won the presidential election. Sergei advised his wife to do more for the release of political prisoners.
For the first time in 134 days (four months), Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was allowed to speak by phone with her arrested husband, blogger Sergei Tikhanovsky. The details of the conversation are given by the Tikhanovskaya Telegram channel.
“Did you hear? My husband is calling,” Sergei said at the beginning of the conversation.
“Maybe you’ve already found yourself somewhere?” The politician asked.
Tikhanovskaya admitted that she stands firm only thanks to the support of the Belarusians. “I know we cannot withdraw and we never will until they are all released,” he said. Her husband advised her to act harder.
According to the opposition leader, negotiations between the authorities and the opposition are inevitable.
The spouses also joked about the words of President Alexander Lukashenko, who claimed that he had given Tikhanovskaya money to travel to Lithuania: “Yesterday they said they gave you $ 15,000.” – “Well, plus another 900 thousand for the sofa.”
Tikhanovsky was going to run for the presidency of Belarus, but was denied registration. Then he proposed the candidacy of his wife Svetlana, and she was registered. Tikhanovsky was arrested in May on a picket line in support of his wife’s nomination. The blogger was accused of “organizing actions that seriously violate public order”, he is in jail.
Mass protests have occurred in Belarus since August 9 due to falsification of the voting results in the presidential elections, in which, according to official data, Lukashenka won. At the same time, alternative exit polls showed a sure victory for Tikhanovskaya.
The Belarusian security forces violently dispersed the protesters. They applied explosions, rubber bullets and water cannons… During the protests, more than 10 thousand protesters, hundreds were wounded and wounded. According to official figures, killed four protesters.
Tihanovskaya after the elections was forced to leave Belarus.
Lukashenka assumed the presidency on September 23. For the first time in the history of Belarus, the opening ceremony Unannounced Y not televised… Various states, including USA, Great Britain, Canada, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Denmark and the Czech Republic, did not recognize the inauguration of Lukashenka.
On October 10, Lukashenko visited the KGB pre-trial detention center, where he held a four-hour meeting with some of the detained opposition representatives. The content of the conversation was not disclosed.
In Belarus, more than 300 criminal cases were opened against opponents, human rights activists recognized 94 people (including Tikhanovsky) as political prisoners.
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