Exiled media fight to keep Belarusian language alive

FILE - Belarusian opposition supporters read the opposition newspaper Nasha Niva in public during a flash mob gathering in central Minsk, April 28, 2006. The news outlet's operations and staff fled Belarus after its disputed 2020 election and continue to publish digitally.

While the Belarusian government continues a long-running clampdown on use of the Belarusian language, exiled news outlets are leading the fight to keep their language — and cultural identity — alive.