Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya ran for President of Belarus in 2020. She has been living in exile since Aleksandr Lukashenko was declared the winner following an election independent observers condemned for widespread electoral fraud.
“The people of Belarus have made their choice for democracy, and they deserve the full support of the international community. Parliamentarians in the Nordics and other countries play a critical role in keeping Belarus on the global agenda. Together, we can ensure that Belarus will not remain an outpost of dictatorship, but become a free, independent, and democratic nation in the European family,” she says.