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Natalia Kaliada - Co-founder, Free Belarus Theatre

Interviews with newsmakers from across the globe. Stephen Sackur speaks to Natalia Kaliada, a Belarussian who has refused to be cowed by President Lukashenko's iron fist.

Belarus is Europe's last old-fashioned dictatorship, a country where political dissent gets you beaten up and locked up. HARDtalk speaks to one Belarussian who has refused to be cowed by President Lukashenko's iron fist. Natalia Kaliada co-founded the Belarus Free Theatre almost a decade ago. Directors, actors and even the audience have all faced arrest and imprisonment, but still their shows go on. Is drama an effective tool of resistance?

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