Rt to get this to Secretary Yellen @SecYellen who has to STOP a $1B grant from going to Dictator Lukashenko. Use #NoGrantForDictator !
Tag media. Tag journalists. Text PCMQJP to 504-09 to send a letter to @POTUS. This is absurd, why are we funding an authoritarian regime?
Belarus: regime continues blatant disregard to fundamental freedoms with latest detentions of political opponents & those behind the #Skhod#Сход initiative. 🇪🇺 calls on the regime to free all those detained & engage instead in a credible and inclusive political process.
The Lukashenka regime sought to commit another act of transnational repression: attempting to force Olympian Krystsyna Tsimanouskaya to leave simply for exercising free speech. Such actions violate the Olympic spirit, are an affront to basic rights, and cannot be tolerated.
Devastated by the news of the death of the Belarusian activist Vital Shyshou who was found hanged in Kyiv. My heart is with his family. It is worrying that those who flee Belarus still can't be safe.
I'm thankful to 🇺🇦 authorities for launching an investigation into this case.
It was a great honour to welcome the very courageous @Tsihanouskaya to Downing Street today.
The United Kingdom stands with her and the Belarusian people in supporting democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Belarus.
The death of Vitaly Shishov is horrific. As head of Belarusian House in Ukraine, he helped those fleeing persecution. The fact Belarusian activists are being targeted in third countries is a serious escalation.
Looks like an international scandal is brewing in Tokyo: Belarusian athlete Kryscina Tsimanouskaya publicly appeals for help & says staff from her national Olympic committee are trying to forcibly repatriate her to Belarus after she criticised Belarusian sports officials.
Grateful to #IOC for the quick reaction to the situation with the Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsymanouskaya. She has a right to international protection & to continue participation in the @Olympics. It is also crucial to investigate Belarus' NOC violations of athletes' rights.
#Belarus It’s been reported that Kryscina Tsimanouskaya, who publicly criticized the regime and sports officials, is being sent from Tokyo back to Belarus. Apparently, representatives of the Belarusian national team took her to the airport. It looks like kidnapping
🔴 URGENT: Kristina Timanovskaya needs help. 🇪🇺 must ask the IOC & Japanese officials to intervene and ensure she is offered protection from the Belarus regime.@EUinJapan#Olympics
This is a matter of principle and a matter of honor for the #IOC and the entire Olympic community, as well as for the authorities of #Japan. We know what the regime can do with those who oppose and disagree. Must protect Kristina #Timanovskaya. #TokyoOlympic.
⚡️Belarusian track and field athlete Kristina Timanovskaya is being forcibly removed from Tokyo
Representatives of the Belarusian national team bought Tymanskaya a plane ticket and brought her to the airport. A few days ago she spoke about the mistakes of officials
#Belarus
Help to the Belarusian athlete Kristina Timanovskaya.
She is at the Tokyo airport at the third terminal, Gate 113. Dep. to Istanbul by flight TK 0199 at 22: 50 (Tokyo time). She is forcibly taken to Belarus for expressing an opinion about the Belarusian administration.
❗️Kristina Timanovskaya asks the International Olympic Committee for help
«I am asking the International Olympic Committee for help,pressure has been put on me and they are trying to take me out of the country without my consent,so I am asking the @iocmedia to intervene in this»
I was honored to meet with @Tsihanouskaya at the White House this morning. The United States stands with the people of Belarus in their quest for democracy and universal human rights.
#AppleCensorsBelarus As an American and a long-time Apple user, I am ashamed of #Apple’s decision to block some Telegram channels in Belarus and leave people defenseless against extremes of torture & violence. You sided with terrorists. Do your research. https://t.co/iWi40FaBer