Poland grants humanitarian visa to Belarusian runner forced to withdraw from the Olympics and the European Commission

Warsaw: Poland has granted a humanitarian visa to the runner Kristina Tsimanoskaya, who was forced to retire from the Tokyo Olympics and was threatened with a forced departure from Japan for criticizing her country’s athletics federation on social mediaPolish Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Pridat said Monday. “Tsimanoskaya is already in direct contact with Polish diplomats in Tokyo, “Predach wrote on Twitter. She has obtained a humanitarian visa. Poland will do whatever it takes to help her continue her sporting career.” Subsequently, the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki denounced on his Facebook account the “criminal attempt” to kidnap the sportswoman and “the attack committed by the Belarusian authorities”. “We have ensured the safety of Kristina Tsimanoskaya at the Polish embassy in Tokyo and, if necessary, we will make her an offer to continue her journey with us,” he said. And Arseny Zhdanievich, Tsimanoskaya’s husband, confirmed today that questlast wants to go in Poland and said: “The plan at the moment is that most likely it will go in Poland. “He explained that he left Belarus for Ukraine due to the dispute between his wife and the Belarusian authorities and said:” I think we (in Belarus) we will not be safe “, adding:” I am in Ukrainian territory and I intend to meet my wife. “But Zdanievich indicated that at the moment he does not know where his wife is, especially if she is in the Polish embassy in Tokyo, as announced by several media and by a sports association linked to the Belarusian opposition. “We have been in contact yesterday and today (in the morning) but at the moment they are not reachable, “he said. Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia have offered to host the Belarusian runner. Alexander Ubykin, executive director of the Belarusian Sports Solidarity Foundation, an organization that supports Belarusian athletes affiliated with the Belarusian authorities, explained that Tsimanoskaya “filled out the documents to obtain political asylum in Poland. “And Tsimanskaya announced on Sunday evening that she was” safe “after confirming that she had been forced to withdraw from the Tokyo Olympics and was threatened with forced departure from Japan for criticizing the social the federation of your country. The Tsmanoskaya incident occurred as the regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko continued to crack down on dissidents, journalists and activists, seeking to crack down on the historic 2020 protest movement against his re-election for a fifth term. “I am safe and the decision on where I will spend the night has been made,” said the rider in a statement published by the Belarusian Foundation for Sports Solidarity. The International Olympic Committee, urged by the runner to intervene in a video clip on Instagram, he confirmed in a tweet on her Twitter account that “the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee spoke tonight directly with Kristina Tsimanoskaya, she is with” the authorities at Haneda Airport and is accompanied by a member of the team of Tokyo. 2020 “, and he told us that he feels safe. Shortly before, a spokesman for the IOC had told AFP that the committee had” requested clarification from the Belarusian National Olympic Committee. “In this context, the European Commission expressed its solidarity with runner Kristina Timanovskaya from Belarus and welcomed the support given to her by the Member States of the European Union. In statements to the German newspaper “Welt”, released tomorrow, Tuesday, the spokesperson of the Commission, Nabella Masrali, condemned the behavior of Belarus. The 24-year-old Olympic runner had in previously obtained a humanitarian visa from the Polish embassy in Tokyo. It should be noted that Tymanovskaya appeared on Sunday in a video published by the opposition Belarus Foundation for Sports Solidarity, in which she claimed to have been subjected to an attempted expulsion from Japan because she had publicly criticized sports officials in her country. Masrali added that the attempt to forcibly repatriate Tymanovskaya is another example of how brutally the regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko represses people in the former Soviet republic. Masrali added: “The repressive actions harm the entire Belarusian society, including athletes, and these actions have not stopped even with the pace Olympic. The Czech Republic and Slovenia have also offered to grant asylum to the Belarusian athlete. Belarusian runner Kristina Timanovskaya, who was suspended from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games for criticize the national team manager, reportedly received a humanitarian visa from Poland. photo.twitter.com / Zm1OltcYL4 – HÃœSEYÄ°N AVNÄ° KEMAL (@ HAvni2861) August 2, 2021 like a international the scandal is brewing in Tokyo: Belarusian athlete Kryscina Tsimanouskaya makes public appeal for help & says personal from her national The Olympic committee is trying to forcibly repatriate her in Belarus after criticizing the Belarusian sports official. photo.twitter.com / 70ztwLlD00 – Matthew Luxmoore (@mjluxmoore) August 1, 2021 Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsymanouskaya was forced by the regime to leave the @ Olympics in Tokyo and fly in Belarus after criticizing the management of Belarus of the national team during games. He is afraid to come back in Minsk. No athlete should be forced into this way. photo.twitter.com / 1Ros5scrJG – Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (@Tsihanouskaya) August 1, 2021 (Agencies)

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