Warsaw, Oct 21, 2025 (AFP) - From prison cell to school run: Freed Belarus dissident rebuilds life in exile

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2025-10-21

Earlier this year opposition activist Antanina Kanavalava was scrambling across a frozen river on the Belarusian border, determined to escape and see her children again after more than four years behind bars. Eight months later, holding hands with her 11-year-old son and nine-year-old daughter, walking with them for their first day back in school in Warsaw, she is living the life Belarus did not want her to have -- a small act of defiance against......

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