Wednesday 24 June 2026
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‘I Found Strength in Myself to Continue This Fight’

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya fights for the Belarusian people while exiled from her own country.
‘I Found Strength in Myself to Continue This Fight’

On Sunday, red and white flags dotted Freedom Plaza as members of the Belarusian diaspora in Washington, D.C., gathered to welcome Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the 39-year-old leader of the Belarusian opposition movement.

“We will not stop fighting until Belarus is free,” one speaker, a representative of the human rights organization Amnesty International, exclaimed.

Jonathan Chew is The Dispatch’s Social Media Manager

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