• A voice of hope for Belarus : a conference with oppposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

    “I want you to imagine the place where the best minds of my country are currently gathered: the politicians, the intellectuals, the human rights defenders, the journalists. It’s not a university like this. This place is prison.”  Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Sciences Po, October 7, 2022 A mood of celebration rippled through the amphitheater Émile Boutmy at Sciences Po Friday afternoon. News had broken earlier in the morning that Ales Bialiatski, the jailed Belarusian human rights activist, was among those who had won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. The announcement seemed to brighten the spirits of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the leader of the democratic…