Hanna Liubakova
@HannaLiubakova
Exiled Belarusian journalist Non-resident senior fellow @AtlanticCouncil @OneYoungWorld Journalist of the Year @TLN_DC Freedom of the Media Award Wanted in 🇷🇺
#Belarus US secured the release of 14 prisoners, including @tsikhanouski_s - but over 1,100 remain behind bars. Lukashenka’s regime is using political prisoners as bargaining chips. Pressure must continue. Read more in my latest for @AtlanticCouncil: atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainea…
Last year was a constant blur of airports and new faces - more travel than ever before, including an insane 2-week trip Europe-Taiwan-California-Boston-Europe. I can now spot real interest from a mile away and have zero patience for pointless small talk. Silence honestly beats…
#Belarus Moscow’s latest war scare piece warns of a 2027 EU/NATO attack - using "experts" with Belarusian ties to hype invasion paranoia. Once again, the Lukashenka regime is cast as #Russia's loyal mouthpiece and geopolitical pawn, not an independent voice.
Two years ago - thank you, @OneYoungWorld, for this important recognition - not just for me, but for all Belarusian independent journalists!
🔎New #EESCInfo: 📌Releasing political prisoners in #Belarus isn't a concession but a lifeline by @HannaLiubakova 📌Europe btw resilience &algorithmic radicalisation by C. Pirvulescu 📌 EESC on EU #AntiPovertyStrategy by @European_Worker ➕much more 🗞️europa.eu/!7FG8dk
The result is finally out! I’ve had the honour of working as an advisor to the @EU_EESC information report on algorithms, AI, and foreign manipulation. Beyond the importance of the topic itself, I contributed a dedicated chapter on #Belarus - exploring how algorithms can be…
One of the UAVs attacking Ukraine crashed in Lithuania — details Today at around 11:40 Lithuanian time, a Russian Gerbera drone (without a warhead; analogue of Shahed, often used by the Russian military as a decoy to deplete air defense systems) crashed on the territory of…
Just checked official stats: #Belarus runs a trade deficit with both CIS (Russia) and non-CIS (EU, China) countries. The regime now hopes to fix its negative balance by bargaining political prisoners for sanctions relief.
Ten years ago, I was in Kyiv, #Ukraine. In the second photo is the memorial to our hero, Belarusian Mikhas Zhyzneuski, who died in Kyiv during the EuroMaidan. He was one of the first victims.
Tell me it’s a Belarusian pigeon without actually saying it’s a Belarusian pigeon: