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Tikhanovskaya, the Sakharov recognition to Belarusians

10/22/2020, 2:16:49 PM


Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said she was "very happy" that the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought was awarded this year to the democratic opposition in Belarus. (HANDLE)

(ANSA) - MOSCOW, 22 OCT - The leader of the Belarusian opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said she was "really happy" that the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought of the European Parliament was awarded this year to the democratic opposition in Belarus.

"This is not my personal prize, it is a prize for the Belarusian people," Tikhanovskaya said during a visit to Copenhagen. (ANSA)