During an interview in Lithuania, where she and her two children have fled for security reasons, Tsikhanouskaya referred to the detention of two high-profile members of an opposition coordination council.
The council was set up by opponents of Belarusian strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko after a disputed Aug. 9 election that has sparked nationwide protests.
Tsikhanouskaya told Polish Radio: “It’s the usual way of our authorities to threaten our people. But… it doesn’t work any more.”
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has invited leaders of his country's opposition parties to discuss the situation in Belarus on Wednesday.
Polish Radio on Saturday launched a special news service for listeners in its eastern neighbour.
The leader of the opposition Belarusian Social Democratic Party, Ihar Barysau, was cited as saying on Monday that the new Polish Radio project was helping provide his compatriots with reliable information at a time when many independent websites in that country were being blocked by authorities.
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Source: Polish Radio/IAR/Reuters