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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.08,0:00:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On August 12, 2020,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.83,0:00:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two groups of girls\Nwent out to protest in Minsk,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.29,0:00:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the capital city of Belarus.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.75,0:00:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They put on white clothes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.46,0:00:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and went barefoot out into the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.83,0:00:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.12,0:00:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some went to Komarovskiy Market\Nin the center of town.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.62,0:00:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later that day,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.92,0:00:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other group gathered with flowers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.25,0:00:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the eternal flame\Nunder the victory monument.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.83,0:00:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They stood together holding hands,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.17,0:00:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they started to sing\Nthe Belarusian lullaby,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.50,0:00:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting for the police cars to arrive.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.33,0:00:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They knew the police\Nwould pick them up just like that:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.42,0:00:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,barefoot with flowers in their hands,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.50,0:00:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they would take them\Nto the police station,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.75,0:00:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beat them up and try to humiliate them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.96,0:00:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet they did it anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.54,0:00:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This year, something changed in Belarus,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.46,0:01:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a country of more than nine million people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.62,0:01:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has been ruled\Nby an authoritarian leader since 1994.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.50,0:01:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These young women were protesting\Nthe latest rigged election result,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.29,0:01:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which had taken [place] \Njust a few days earlier.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.00,0:01:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their small expressions of protest\Nvery quickly expanded
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.67,0:01:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into massive, peaceful,\Nwomen-led demonstrations
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.92,0:01:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all across the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.42,0:01:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within just a few days,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.38,0:01:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few hundred thousand people\Ntook to the streets
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.79,0:01:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and demonstrations\Nhave continued ever since,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.58,0:01:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the likes of which\NBelarus has never seen before.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.21,0:01:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All this despite the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.75,0:01:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the president proclaimed\Nhimself reelected
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.42,0:01:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that more than 10,000 people\Nhave been detained,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.21,0:01:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hundreds tortured
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.08,0:01:54.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at least six killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.42,0:02:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people wonder why the people\Nof Belarus are speaking up now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.88,0:02:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What makes them keep taking to the streets
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.50,0:02:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite unprecedented police violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.54,0:02:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite state lawlessness?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.96,0:02:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer I hear the most
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.17,0:02:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that people have become fearless,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.33,0:02:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's something\Nwe have become together.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.62,0:02:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because fear is the province of one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.12,0:02:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It feeds on isolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.67,0:02:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't discriminate:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.46,0:02:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,men, women, children, elderly --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.46,0:02:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of us can feel fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.75,0:02:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but only as long as we are on our own.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.75,0:02:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fearlessness takes two.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.12,0:02:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It only works if and when\Nwe show up for each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.12,0:02:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show up so that your neighbor,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.46,0:02:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your colleague, your friend has courage.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.17,0:02:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they will do the same for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.33,0:03:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot has been made of my own role\Nin the presidential election
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.08,0:03:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of August 2020.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.21,0:03:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How I stepped in to run for my husband,\NSergei, when he was jailed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.25,0:03:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it became clear that the authorities\Nwould deny him his chance to run himself;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.96,0:03:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how I rightfully won the election
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.00,0:03:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and became the elected leader\Nof a democratic Belarus,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.29,0:03:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the official results\Nonly gave me 10 percent of the vote
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.08,0:03:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was forced\Ninto exile with my children;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.17,0:03:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how I still fight\Nfor those who voted for me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.17,0:03:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whose voice the regime wants to steal;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.38,0:03:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how "fearless" I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.88,0:03:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there were many moments\Nwhen I was frightened,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.71,0:03:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wanted to step down.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.21,0:03:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was threatened
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.50,0:03:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and forced to believe\Nthat I'm alone in this fight.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.17,0:03:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet the more cities I visited,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.25,0:03:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more people showed up for the rallies,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.83,0:03:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the less fear I had.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.29,0:04:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then in the days\Nbefore the election in Minsk,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.62,0:04:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,60,000 people came\Nto show their support for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.83,0:04:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was no longer afraid.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.92,0:04:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never wanted to do any of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.62,0:04:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was never overly political,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.50,0:04:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I never planned to run for office.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.96,0:04:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to be a mom and a wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.54,0:04:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But by fate and the will of my people,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.54,0:04:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was elevated to this position.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.21,0:04:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I accept this\Nwith a sense of duty and pride.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.08,0:04:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will not give up.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.62,0:04:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I will show up for people,\Nbecause they show up for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.88,0:04:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our courage is born from unity.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.33,0:04:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our solidarity is our strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.67,0:04:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also now understand\Nthat being fearless is a commitment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.58,0:04:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a decision you make\Nevery single day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.25,0:04:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a responsibility you take --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.96,0:05:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,responsibility for one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.21,0:05:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this regard, I'm no different\Nfrom my fellow Belarusians.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.67,0:05:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their support is tangible.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.21,0:05:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their solidarity grows in progression.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.00,0:05:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When there are two of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.79,0:05:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are daring.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.54,0:05:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're 100, you are brave.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.75,0:05:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When there are thousands of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.88,0:05:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are fearless.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.58,0:05:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And once you are tens of thousands,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.58,0:05:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you become invincible.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.42,0:05:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.