Criminal case opened against 78-year-old activist in Belarus for wearing protest badge

Today, the regime is still afraid of Nina Bahinskaya’s courage,

Tsikhanouskaya said

Bahinskaya is a symbol of resistance to totalitarianism within the country, and it is important for the authorities to break her,

Viasna representative Pavel Sapelka told the AP

I noticed that the riot police more rarely beat protesters when they see elderly people among them,

she told The Associated Press at the time