Sveltana Tikhanovskaïa has led a campaign for the presidency, which has attracted crowds ever seen in Belarus.
The State agency in belarus Belta has released Tuesday a video of the opponent Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa reading a paper to ask his supporters not to demonstrate, a record made under threat, according to its supporters.
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In the video posted on the account Telegram, Belta, which is not dated and appears to be recorded in an office, Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa bed a voice monotonous a text calling for the “respect of the law” and not “off the street”. “We believe that this video has been recorded under the pressure of the security forces” responded to the press a close ally of the opponent, Maria Kolesnikova.
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Sitting on a black sofa with behind a window covered with vertical blinds, Tikhanovskaïa, 37 years old, never look at the objective that the films. Prior to the release of this record, she had announced earlier in another video, facing the camera this time, having left Belarus for Lithuania, without a call not to protest.
According to his team, video by Belta was probably recorded on Monday evening, when the opponent has been held several hours at the headquarters of the electoral Commission.
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“Three hours, she was alone with the representatives of the security forces (…) in these conditions, any person that has her husband in prison would have recorded such a video,” explained Maria Kolesnikova.
Sveltana Tikhanovskaïa has led a campaign for the presidency, which has attracted crowds ever seen in Belarus, replacing her husband, Sergei, a video-blogger popular imprisoned since the month of may.
the announcement of the victory of the authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko, in power for 26 years, has triggered protests violently put down by Sunday and Monday evening.
