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schema:articleBody	Three decades after their gesture of defiance against the Soviet Union, Baltic residents are linking arms once again on Sunday in solidarity with the people of Belarus. On August 23, 1989 millions formed a human chain through the three Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to express their desire for independence. On Sunday, thousands are expected to join a human chain stretching some 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the Lithuanian capital Vilnius to the border with Belarus. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the opposition figurehead who fled from Belarus to Lithuania in the aftermath of a disputed presidential election, has said she may tunr out. "It means a lot not only for me but all Belarusian people and they feel this support... It's very beautiful," she told AFP in an interview on Saturday. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, who took part in the original Baltic Way human chain, is also expected to attend the demonstration starting at 1600 GMT. "Today is the time for our Belarusian brothers to express their desire for freedom. The Freedom Way is our extended hand for them," he told AFP. Organisers say some 50,000 people are expected. Smaller human chains are also planned in Latvia on the border with Belarus and in the Estonian capital Tallinn and in other countries once under the Soviet yoke. In the Czech capital Prague, protesters are planning to link arms along the iconic Charles Bridge. The Baltic Way human chain of 1989 has inspired similar initiatives by freedom-seekers the world over even in recent years -- from Hong Kong to Catalonia to Taiwan. The original was 600 kilometres long and sent the strongest signal to date that the Soviet-occupied Baltic states were on the road towards restored independence, which they all won two years later. All three are now EU and NATO members. The Lithuanian human chain will start in Cathedral Square and end at the Medininkai border post. Kiryl Krivicki, a 20-year-old Belarusian student living in Vilnius said the event "could become the same metaphor of freedom" as the one in 1989. Tatsiana Chulitskaia, 44, a Belarusian researcher at Vytautas Magnus University, said: "It is important, even if it is a symbolic support. "It is essential for Belarussians not to feel alone." vab-mvi/dt/amj/bp
schema:headline	Baltics link arms again in solidarity with Belarus
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