{"id":287311,"date":"2025-10-15T18:05:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fighting-for-democracy-in-belarus-from-exile-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:05:29","slug":"fighting-for-democracy-in-belarus-from-exile-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fighting-for-democracy-in-belarus-from-exile-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting for democracy in Belarus from exile | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/8yd0qRIp3L4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Fighting for democracy in Belarus from exile | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8yd0qRIp3L4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Belarusian activist Hanna Fedaronak fled her country to avoid imprisonment. From exile in Poland, she continues to fight for democracy, even as her family is targeted back home. In June 2025, Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a blogger and opposition figure, was freed after nearly five years in prison. His wife, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who ran against Lukashenko in Belarus\u2019s disputed 2020 election, now leads the opposition from exile. Together with activists like Hanna Fedaronak, they keep pushing for the release of over 1,000 political prisoners \u2014 and for a free, democratic Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>#Belarus #Democracy #Activist #dwstories<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarusian activist Hanna Fedaronak fled her country to avoid imprisonment. From exile in Poland, she continues to fight for democracy, even as her family is targeted back home. In June 2025, Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a blogger and opposition figure, was freed after nearly five years in prison. His wife, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who ran against Lukashenko in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":287312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[130938,130989,147629],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-287311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-activist","tag-belarusian","tag-hanna"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fighting for democracy in Belarus from exile | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Fighting for democracy in Belarus from exile | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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