The democratic opposition in Belarus, led by Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, has won this year’s Sakharov prize for freedom of thought, hosted by the EU.

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Tikhanovskaya, who took on President Alexander Lukashenko in August after her husband and other prospective candidates were either jailed or forced to flee, urged the EU to act in solidarity with Belarus.

Thousands of Belarusians have defied beatings and arrests this year to demand the resignation of the country's authoritarian leader after he claimed victory in an election they say was rigged

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