{"id":4982,"date":"2017-04-25T16:08:48","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T16:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.amnestyusa.org\/?p=74225"},"modified":"2017-04-25T16:08:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T16:08:48","slug":"the-value-of-political-freedom-russia-and-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2017\/04\/25\/the-value-of-political-freedom-russia-and-belarus\/","title":{"rendered":"The Value of Political Freedom: Russia and Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Thomas Rozanov<\/em><\/p>\n I first experienced the value of political freedom in the 2004 Orange Revolution protests in Kyiv, Ukraine. I was only seven years old then, yet I quickly caught inspiration for the rapidly evolving \u2018PORA\u2019 and \u2018Tak!\u2019 movements and the revolution. Next, fast-forward ten years, and I was driven by the 2014 Euromaidan movement.<\/p>\n