The support group at the heart of Belarus’s sporting resistance
by Andrew Roth from on (#5N21M)
The Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation offers aid to dissident athletes while organising opposition to the regime's sportwashing efforts
When Belarusian officials tried to muzzle sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya and bundle her on a flight back to Minsk, a special organisation defending Belarusian athletes against repression stepped in to help.
The Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation (BSSF) supports players, coaches, and other professionals in sport facing pressure for opposing Alexander Lukashenko, who has held power in Belarus since 1994, or falling victim to his broad, brutal crackdown on dissent.
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