IN PERSON at New Cabell Hall
&
ONLINE via Zoom
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Join us for a discussion with human rights activist Volya Vysotskaia. Vysotskaia used social media to document human rights abuses committed by the regime of Belarusian President Lukashenko. Subsequently, Lukashenko infiltrated her activist organization with government spies and then conducted a massive crackdown. This included using the pretext of a fake bomb threat In May 2021 to force the grounding of a Ryanair flight in order to arrest two of Vysotskaia's colleagues.
Vysotskaia now lives in exile as officials in her home country advance legislation to strip her and other activists of their citizenship.
The discussion will be in person at New Cabell Hall 389. Registration is encouraged. It will also be live streamed on Zoom. To access the event online, please click the "Get Tickets" button and sign up for a virtual ticket. A link the Zoom will be sent to all registered guests on the afternoon of October 11.
This event is co-sponsored by the Democratic Futures Project at the Karsh Institute of Democracy, the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies and the Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation.
