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spanish border area alongside other young people there waiting for a chance that will probably never come. shattered dreams starts january 18th on t.w. . bloggers students activists and their children they have all fled bella ruse and the old farmer tarion regime in power that surprises and persecutes dissidents over the past months or ever more people have been fleeing the country they had to neighboring lithuania and e.u. member and southernmost of the 3 baltic republics vanna taleo call yoga and her team do what they can to help. just 25 k. . allow matters from here and bellow loose but the people are fighting for their

freedom. for freedom of expression for the right just to take to the streets. natalee or call the arc of our lives in lithuania's capital vilnius we spent a few days with her that. natalee was born in belarus but she's lived in lithuania for 20 years now enjoying success as a real estate agent since the summer of 2020 she's taken on the town of helping her compound traits to cross the border and escape the dictator's regime and bella rose you know the people who come to us have to get out really fast like running from a fire and they don't have anything to eat and no roof over their heads because they're on the run so far we've taken in 210 people that's quite a lot i never would have thought we could do it. suddenly

a coma from bella rose from an activist in need her name is lona and she asks natalia for news of her children natalia lets her know that lithuanian immigration has approved that entry visas it's a huge relief i alone or what she thanks natalia for of support yet natalia has to hurry to pick up the activists children at the border a friend will be driving them as far as lithuania while their mother has to go underground simply because she aided the victims of police violence she faces criminal charges and loss of the custody of her children it is barely 30 kilometers from vilnius different worlds thora tarion balor us and e.u. member lithuania which opened its borders to regime opponents of a target if not hello i have to pick up refugees from bellaver may i comment on it and i. now tell you call. give always carries her white and red flag

a symbol of the bella rusin protest movement beyond this border she could be fined or even arrested for having it. natalee or looks for the new arrivals she recognizes alyona the activists friend by her red half. give me a hug. daniela 6 years old his sister chris sr is that teen really if you want something to drink there's water and juice in the back down there. it just looks quite relieved but both are children who are wondering when they'll see their mother again. i mean we're waiting for the right moment like mary perkins said waiting until the way changes its only a few minutes drive on the highway until they reach vilnius all decked out in its

christmas finery. alyona and the 2 children can stay here for the time being and wait for ilona them off the sheets the presence of. the key you can use them to lock the gate and the apartment. through a little bit of an english. now it's up to natalia to direct ilona into lithuania. thinking in the cult iran is going to try to slip a cross on her all she wants from natalia is a map if she doesn't make it she says she'll follow the roots natalia shows. your children will give you strength just pick up the trail like a tigris you can make it. there. it'll be all right ilona will look after your children in the meantime i sell you

a hug. and. that's how we love you know. you don't know what the new day will bring but children away others are traumas they'll bring with them. it must be very tiring yes you get tired but when i get home movie i watch for another 4 hours or so but i have to check all the names that have been added to make sure we've entered them and all the right lists and that we've answered everyone and haven't forgotten anyone that well but on. the next day natalia collier gave us a visit spell a russian exiles and a hotel in the old town the ongoing pandemic unable to how to negotiate special conditions without tell ionas the refugees only have to buy about $400.00 euros

a month for a room. their expenses will be covered by donations until they get on their feet. that fellow and i laughed. until 2 days before this nikita was imprisoned serving 20 days for taking part in the student strike or soon as he was released his parents contacted natalee and followed her advice to bring him to the border we've all he gets thrown in jail once more the fact that you're even here is a success if the my last week was very hard edible 6 people were not allowed out of the row so that's how it goes that is if you make all the preparations direct the person as far as the border and you suddenly find out you can't help anymore you feel sorry for these people and what will happen to them is a no thought of that action is the authentic anyone who protests against the lucas shanker regime is taking a big risk after students or workers suddenly they find themselves here without

a home with their with what's happening in belarus a sick thousands are being tortured and oppressed they're getting raped. 9 people have been killed in the brutality is taking on even more terrifying forms that i never thought anything like this could happen. if this were the case. they obviously fraudulent election in august sent tens of thousands of people into the streets of bellerose to demand the resignation of alexander lukashenko widely known as europe's last dictator he's held on to power for 26 years now his security forces responded to the protests with violence mass arrests and torture. over 30000 people thought to have been arrested since august all the opposition

candidates are now either in prison or in exile. the lithuanian border a blogger from a ghillie of another critic of the regime is trying to enter the way nia. by daily off has actively opposed lucas shango for years he stood up to the pressure from the state security agencies for months until he was beaten by masked attackers then he flat. givers team consists of about 20 helpers one of them makita upon a show also from bella ross has come to pick up a blogger for $300.00 days visibly relieved to be out of harm's way nikita knows all too well how he feels under a will have to adjust to not having to watch his back constantly for fear of being abducted beaten watched or stopped and checked he's been under almost constant surveillance for weeks under a collected signatures for opposition candidate straight lana kind of skier and

live streamed to the protests for that he sat in jail for 9 days. yeah. yeah yeah. safe at last ilona the activist has made it out of balance and contacted her children they've missed each other. i don't know yet i had no other choice but to cross the belorussian border illegally on foot. i was terribly afraid that they'd start shooting at me. now that i'm safe what i wish for most of all in my life is to hug my children. oh my. dear i know it will be easier for us here in the 3 nia. i won't be harassed here nobody will make fun of my children and bully them because their mother has different views. with me where she

can. daniel and his sister will have to be patient so they can see their mother in person. as waiting for her temporary protection visa and the results of corona test. me want andre by the off the blog from logging off has arrived at the hotel and only us he's on the phone with his new mentor to help him get settled in lithuania . as much to be taken care of andrei needs a year long visa and a work in part will have to learn lithuanian and find a job in short build a whole new life abroad. but 1st he's got to see the doctor shows i have brains around my ribs on the left near my heart for the trick me that's the main thing for now. some of. it's likely to be

some time before he's really settled in lithuania. but i wasn't afraid to leave valorous rather i only feel pain because i love my home and the water because i want to live there it was a pain deep inside because they're not just chasing away lucien's all of our hope for the visit. although plagued by a guilty conscience for those he has left behind andre intends to join other dissidents and continue to fight for a free banner rose from exile and eventually to return to a country without because shango. the vigil for the victims of police brutality is held in front of the bella rusian embassy invulnerable here natalia meets up with many of the better ruffians she helped to escape the dictator's clutches and reach freedom here but i simply can't

do it any differently i can't go on vacation and close the door on this helping these people here has become my life and you are you understand that everything you've accomplished the for your business and all your skills are only there so you can fulfill this task. natalia hopes to continue helping people fleeing their home country as long as they need her support or not many here say the end of lucas shankar's regime is only a question of time and of how. ilana's escape and did well at last she can take her children in her arms and do it in freedom and safety but not yet in belarus.

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