Anastasia Bulybenka was 18 when she was first arrested for opposing Alexander Lukashenko’s violent regime. Like thousands of other political refugees from Belarus, she has found a precarious refuge in Lithuania.
Moment that mattered: A disputed election in Belarus sparks protests The official results of Belarus’s presidential election on 9th August were as anticipated – a landslide victory for the incumbent, Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the country with an iron fist for 26 years and who always wins at the ballot box by suspiciously large margins. Previous allegations of vote-rigging had triggered protests – in […]