An exiled opposition leader from Belarus wants the rest of the world to not forget what's happening in her home country.

We have more than 1,200 political prisoners at the moment in Belarus.

More than half a million had to flee the country because of repressions.

I'm Marco Wurman. Today we hear from Belarusian dissidents Vetslvan Takenosaia.

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Opposition leaders across the globe are fighting authoritarian governments from abroad.

Many of them are gathering right now in Geneva, Switzerland, for a summit on human rights and democracy. Svetlana Tikonovskaya is among them. She's a 43-year-old mother and a former

English teacher. Turmoil in her home country of Belarus catapulted her into a presidential

run in 2020, and then she had to flee the country ruled by strongman, Alexander Lukashenko.

She leads the Belarusian opposition from exile now in Lithuania.

If that's not dramatic enough, her husband, the pro-democracy blogger Sergei Tikanovsky,

was imprisoned when she fled.

He's been staging a return to politics in Belarus since being released last year.

We start the show today with Svetlana Tikonovskaya, who began our conversation with a return to politics in Belarus since being released last year. We start the show today

with Svetlana Tikunovskaya, who began our conversation with a plea to the international community.

We have more than 1,200 political prisoners at the moment in Belarus. More than half a million

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