from the belarusian capital minsk. she s a young athlete thrust into a political row she never sought. when krystsina tsimanouskaya publicly criticised her coaches at the olympics, they tried to force her back to belarus. she refused. speaking to the bbc from tokyo, she said she was now scared for herself and for her family. translation: i can t go back to belarus now, of course. i it s definitely not safe for me. i have no idea when i can go back, it may be five or ten years. and came another reminder of danger for dissidents. in kyiv, a young belarusian activist was found hanging in a park. his friends don t believe it was suicide. vitaly shishov fled to ukraine last year to avoid arrest. he d been helping flood of other opposition supporters, who followed. the opposition leader, sviatlana tsikhanouskaya, is
sarah rainsford has this report from the belarusian capital minsk. she s a young athlete thrust into a political row she never sought. when krystsina tsimanouskaya publicly criticised her coaches at the olympics, they tried to force her back to belarus. she refused. speaking to the bbc from tokyo, she said she was now scared for herself and for her family. translation: i can t go back to belarus now, of course. - it s definitely not safe for me. i have no idea when i can go back, it may be five or ten years. and came another reminder of danger for dissidents. in kyiv, a young belarusian activist was found hanging in a park. his friends don t believe it was suicide. vitaly shishov fled to ukraine last year to avoid arrest. he d been helping a flood of other
her back to belarus. she refused. speaking to the bbc from tokyo, she said she was now scared for herself and for her family. translation: i can t go back to belarus now, of course. - it is definitely not safe for me. i have no idea when i can go back. it may be five or ten years. and today came another reminder of the danger for dissidents. in kyiv, a young belarusian activist was found hanging in a park. but his friends don t believe it was suicide. vitaly shishov fled to ukraine last year to avoid arrest. he had been helping a flood of other opposition supporters who followed. the opposition leader sviatlana tsikhanouskaya is in forced exile herself. she was in london today, part of a tour seeking international support. she wants more pressure, more sanctions against
for many years. the belarusian opposition leader sviatlana tsikhanovskaya has met borisjohnson as international pressure continues to mount on the regime of president alexander lukashenko who has ruled the country since 1994. 0ur correspondent, sarah rainsford, sent this report from the bela rusian capital, minsk. she is a young athlete thrust into a political row she never sought. when sprinter krystsyna tsimanouskaya publicly criticised her coaches at the olympics, they tried to force her back to belarus. she refused. speaking to the bbc from tokyo, she said she was now scared for herself and for her family. translation: i can t go back to belarus now, of course. - it s definitely not safe for me. i have no idea when i can go back. it may be 5 10 years. and today came another reminder of the danger for dissidents. in kyiv, a young belarusian activist was found hanging in a park. but his friends don t
publicly criticised her coaches at the olympics, they tried to force her back to belarus. she refused. speaking to the bbc from tokyo, she said she was now scared for herself and for her family. translation: i can t go back to belarus now, of course. - it is definitely not safe for me. i have no idea when i can go back. it may be five or ten years. and today came another reminder of the danger for dissidents. in kyiv, a young belarusian activist was found hanging in a park. but his friends don t believe it was suicide. vitaly shishov fled to ukraine last year to avoid arrest. he had been helping a flood of other opposition supporters who followed. the opposition leader sviatlana tsikhanouskaya is in forced exile herself. she was in london today, part of a tour seeking international support. she wants more pressure,