Hanna Liubakova ✓

@HannaLiubakova · Moving around · joined 27 Jul 2012

Exiled Belarusian journalist Non-resident senior fellow @AtlanticCouncil @OneYoungWorld Journalist of the Year @TLN_DC Freedom of the Media Award Wanted in 🇷🇺

127 413Followers

1 533Following

26 889Posts total

23.8KViews on collected posts

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Hanna Liubakova ✓@HannaLiubakova9 Sep

#Belarus Dzmitry Laeuski defended Ales Bialiatski, Viktar Babaryka and Maxim Znak. Today, he was sentenced to 3 years in prison for speaking to independent media. The regime is still imprisoning lawyers for doing their jobs and for speaking out. Nothing about this is a thaw. http

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Hanna Liubakova ✓@HannaLiubakova9 Sep

Still the basement. Just a higher floor https://t.co/Hi2KUT0J0f 1.9K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Hanna Liubakova ✓@HannaLiubakova9 Sep

But do not confuse tactical concessions by a dictatorship with a change of regime. 465 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Hanna Liubakova ✓@HannaLiubakova9 Sep

So where exactly is this alleged liberalisation? Where is the systemic change? Where are the political freedoms? Where is the end of repression? Individual releases are welcome. People going home is wonderful. 476 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Hanna Liubakova ✓@HannaLiubakova9 Sep

If your baseline is the bottom of the basement, any movement towards the ground floor can look like a renaissance. It isn't. 35 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Hanna Liubakova ✓@HannaLiubakova9 Sep

Let's remember his record: after the 2010 election, Poczobut received a three-year suspended sentence for "defaming" Lukashenka. In 2012, he was arrested again and charged with libel. In 2021, he was arrested once more and spent more than five years in prison. 96 views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Hanna Liubakova ✓@HannaLiubakova9 Sep

And yes, Poland's consistent pressure and commitment to Poczobut mattered enormously. His release was the result of sustained Polish efforts and international negotiations. 39 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Hanna Liubakova ✓@HannaLiubakova9 Sep

The same logic applies to Mikalai Statkevich. He survived years in prison, including severe isolation and serious health problems. Being allowed to remain in Belarus after release (he had a stroke in prison) does not suddenly make the regime less repressive. 40 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Hanna Liubakova ✓@HannaLiubakova9 Sep

I'm honoured to have met Andrzej. He is a hero. But his return is not evidence of liberalisation. It is evidence that, at this particular moment, the regime calculated that allowing him back was more useful than arresting him again. 112 views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Hanna Liubakova ✓@HannaLiubakova9 Sep

Sadly, I keep seeing people naively convinced that the Lukashenka regime is changing. The latest "proof": Andrzej Poczobut was allowed to return to #Belarus. 2.5K views · 23 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Hanna Liubakova ✓@HannaLiubakova9 Sep

#Belarus is turning every border crossing into a potential surveillance checkpoint. International bus operators will be required to hand over passengers' personal and travel-document data to the regime. Please thing twice when you say that it's getting better. It doesn't. 2.5K views · 36 likes · 8 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Hanna Liubakova ✓@HannaLiubakova25 Apr

@HannaLiubakova @amnesty Congratulations! 14 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Hanna Liubakova ✓@HannaLiubakova24 Apr

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Hanna Liubakova ✓@HannaLiubakova24 Apr

I was truly surprised - and deeply honoured - to learn that I've been awarded the @amnesty International Chair this year. It wasn't something I applied for or expected - at some point, I was simply contacted and asked if I would be willing to accept it. Of course, I said yes, but

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11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.

Median views465this account5 881median for 100K–1M

Reach, %0.36%this account1.56%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %1.98%this account0.98%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	465	5 881	0.08×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.36%	1.56%	0.23×
Engagement rate	1.98%	0.98%	2.01×

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How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

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13.3K24 Apr

823

1425 Apr

2.5K9 Sep

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Engagement rate per post

1.79%24 Apr

1.34%

7.14%25 Apr

1.82%9 Sep

1.04%

8.04%

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10.26%

9.38%

11.43%

0.84%

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1.97%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 0.98%.

What the audience does

Likes79.2%319 in total

Reposts12.2%49 in total

Replies6.5%26 in total

Bookmarks2.2%9 in total

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