{"id":14289,"date":"2021-01-27T10:18:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T10:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=155048"},"modified":"2021-01-27T10:18:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T10:18:26","slug":"tsikhanouskaya-calls-on-west-for-braver-and-stronger-response-to-lukashenka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/27\/tsikhanouskaya-calls-on-west-for-braver-and-stronger-response-to-lukashenka\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsikhanouskaya Calls On West For ‘Braver And Stronger’ Response To Lukashenka"},"content":{"rendered":"
Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya has called on the European Union and the United States to be \u201cbraver and stronger\u201d in their actions to help end the disputed rule of strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka, who has run the country since 1994.<\/p>\n
Speaking at an online event with several EU foreign ministers on January 27, Tsikhanouskaya called on the 27-nation bloc to speed up approval of its fourth package of sanctions on Lukashenka and his allies, and called for an international investigation into human rights abuses and to designate those responsible as terrorists.<\/p>\n