Joel, 34, a migrant from Cuba, sits during an interview with Reuters after he crossed the Polish-Belarusian border at so-called 'safe house' near Hajnowka, Poland, June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel 

Joel and Lisa, a thirty-year-old married couple from Cuba, sit during an interview with Reuters after they crossed the Polish-Belarusian border at a so-called 'safe house' near Hajnowka, Poland, June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel 

Joel and Lisa, a thirty-year-old married couple from Cuba, sit during an interview with Reuters after they crossed the Polish-Belarusian border at a so-called 'safe house' near Hajnowka, Poland, June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel 

A woman stands next to the placard depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during the Baltic Pride march for equality and peace in Vilnius, Lithuania June 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins 

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stands with politician and former Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) recepient Martin Schulz and president of the Bundestag Baerbel Bas after the ceremony for the presentation of the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis), in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock laughs with politician and former Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) recepient Martin Schulz after the ceremony for the presentation of the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis), in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock looks on after the ceremony for the presentation of the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis), outside the Aachen Town Hall in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock wears a blue hat as she looks on after the ceremony for the presentation of the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis), in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activists Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Veronika Tsepkalo and Tatsiana Khomich as representative of her detained sister Maria Kalesnikava receive the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) from Aachen Mayor Sibylle Keupen, during the ceremony in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock meets with people outside Aachen Town Hall after the ceremony for the presentation of the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis), in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya meets with people outside Aachen Town Hall after the ceremony for the presentation of the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis), in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activists Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Veronika Tsepkalo and Tatsiana Khomich, representative of her detained sister Maria Kalesnikava, stand in front of a crowd, outside Aachen Town Hall after the ceremony for the presentation of the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis), in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activists Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Veronika Tsepkalo and Tatsiana Khomich as representative of her detained sister Maria Kalesnikava receive the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) during the ceremony in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activists Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Veronika Tsepkalo and Tatsiana Khomich as representative of her detained sister Maria Kalesnikava receive the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) during the ceremony in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Tatsiana Khomich holds up a picture of her detained sister Maria Kalesnikava as she gives a speech after accepting the Charlemagne prize on her behalf, during the ceremony in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activists Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Veronika Tsepkalo and Tatsiana Khomich, representative of her detained sister Maria Kalesnikava, stand together with Aachen Mayor Sibylle Keupen on the balcony of Aachen Town Hall after the ceremony for the presentation of the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis), in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activists Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Veronika Tsepkalo and Tatsiana Khomich, representative of her detained sister Maria Kalesnikava, stand together with Aachen Mayor Sibylle Keupen on the balcony of Aachen Town Hall after the ceremony for the presentation of the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis), in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activists Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Veronika Tsepkalo and Tatsiana Khomich, representative of her detained sister Maria Kalesnikava, wave from the balcony of Aachen Town Hall after the ceremony where they received the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis), in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activists Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Veronika Tsepkalo and Tatsiana Khomich, who attends as representative of her detained sister Maria Kalesnikava, wave from the balcony of Aachen Town Hall after the ceremony where they received the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis), in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activists Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya speaks after receiving the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) during the ceremony in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activists Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Tatsiana Khomich, who attends as representative of her detained sister Maria Kalesnikava, look on after receiving the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) during the ceremony in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activist Veronika Tsepkalo receives the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) from Aachen Mayor Sibylle Keupen, during the ceremony in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya receives the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) from Aachen Mayor Sibylle Keupen, during the ceremony in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Tatsiana Khomich holds up a picture of her detained sister Maria Kalesnikava as she gives a speech after accepting the Charlemagne prize on her behalf, during the ceremony in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Tatsiana Khomich holds up a picture of her detained sister Maria Kalesnikava as she gives a speech after accepting the Charlemagne prize on her behalf, during the ceremony in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activists Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya speaks after receiving the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) during the ceremony in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activist Veronika Tsepkalo speaks after receiving the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) during the ceremony in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activist Veronika Tsepkalo speaks after receiving the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) during the ceremony in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Aachen Mayor Sibylle Keupen presents the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) to Belarusian civil rights activist Veronika Tsepkalo during the ceremony in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Aachen Mayor Sibylle Keupen hands over the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) to Belarusian civil rights activists Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Veronika Tsepkalo and Tatsiana Khomich as representative of her detained sister Maria Kalesnikava as German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock looks on, during the ceremony in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

A general view of Aachen Town Hall during the ceremony to present the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activists Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Veronika Tsepkalo and Tatsiana Khomich as representative of her detained sister Maria Kalesnikava look on as German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks during the ceremony to present the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks during the ceremony of the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks during the ceremony of the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks during the ceremony of the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

A general view of Aachen Town Hall during the ceremony to present the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis) in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activist Tatsiana Khomich holds a picture of of her detained sister Maria Kalesnikava as she attends the ceremony for presenting the Charlemagne Prize (Karlspreis), on behalf of her sister, during the ceremony in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Belarusian civil rights activists Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Veronika Tsepkalo and Tatsiana Khomich as representative of her detained sister Maria Kalesnikava stand together with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at the beginning of the ceremony to present the Charlemagne Prize in Aachen, Germany, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kyrgyzstani President Sadyr Japarov, Kazakhstani President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Tajikistani President Emomali Rakhmon enter a hall prior to a meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 16, 2022. Alexander Nemenov/Pool via REUTERS 

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kyrgyzstani President Sadyr Japarov, Kazakhstani President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Tajikistani President Emomali Rakhmon enter a hall prior to a meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 16, 2022. Alexander Nemenov/Pool via REUTERS 

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakhstani President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Tajikistani President Emomali Rakhmon enter a hall prior to a meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 16, 2022. Alexander Nemenov/Pool via REUTERS 

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon hold a meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia May 16, 2022. Alexander Nemenov/Pool via REUTERS 

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon hold a meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia May 16, 2022. Alexander Nemenov/Pool via REUTERS 

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon hold a meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia May 16, 2022. Alexander Nemenov/Pool via REUTERS 

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon enter a hall prior to a meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia May 16, 2022. Alexander Nemenov/Pool via REUTERS 

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon enter a hall prior to a meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia May 16, 2022. Alexander Nemenov/Pool via REUTERS 

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya arrives at Bellevue Palace to meet with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin, Germany, April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier meets with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

German Parliament President Baerbel Bas and Belarusian laureate of the 2022 International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya gesture as they meet, at the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

German Parliament President Baerbel Bas and Belarusian laureate of the 2022 International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya pose for a picture, at the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

German Parliament President Baerbel Bas welcomes Belarusian laureates of the 2022 International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, political activist Veronika Tsepkalo and the sister of the imprisoned third laureate Maria Kolesnikova, Tatsiana Khomich at the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

German Parliament President Baerbel Bas welcomes Belarusian laureates of the 2022 International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, political activist Veronika Tsepkalo and the sister of the imprisoned third laureate Maria Kolesnikova, Tatsiana Khomich at the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

German Parliament President Baerbel Bas welcomes Belarusian laureate of the 2022 International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, at the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

German Parliament President Baerbel Bas, Belarusian laureates of the 2022 International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, political activist Veronika Tsepkalo and the sister of the imprisoned third laureate Maria Kolesnikova, Tatsiana Khomich gesture as they meet, at the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

A person puts red paint on a picture of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during an anti-Russian demonstration outside the Russian embassy, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Warsaw, Poland, April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel 

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki talks to Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Belarusian oppositionist Pavel Latushko as they attend an event with U.S. President Joe Biden, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, March 26, 2022. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel 

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Belarusian oppositionist Pavel Latushko attend an event with U.S. President Joe Biden, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, March 26, 2022. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel