Sergei Tikhanovsky, Belarussian opposition activist: Belarus will be free

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Sarah Rainsford speaks to Belarussian opposition activist Sergei Tikhanovsky about his imprisonment after challenging the country’s authoritarian leader, President Lukashenko. He spent five years of solitary confinement in a high security prison in Belarus before being unexpectedly released this year, following a meeting between Lukashenko and an American special envoy. Tikhanovsky had planned to run against the Belarussian leader in the 2020 presidential election, but was detained before the vote. A year later, he was sentenced to serve 18 years in prison, convicted on charges of organising mass protests against President Lukashenko. His trial was condemned as a sham by international…