News on the topic: political prisoners
22.12.2020 New godparents for Belarusian political prisoners
Members of the European Parliament and German Bundestag take over godparenthood for Viachaslau Sheliamet, Hleb Fitsner, Yan Salanovich, Yana Arabeika, Artur Khalimonchyk and Siarhei Kapanets
19.12.2020 German MPs take over godparenthood for Eduard Palchys, Dzmitry Kubarau and Maksim Babich
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco, Nils Schmid (SPD), Carl-Julius Cronenberg (FDP) and Lukas Köhler (FDP) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
19.12.2020 Artsiom Sarokin is new political prisoner
Joint statement by Belarusian human rights organizations
17.12.2020 Members of the Swiss National Council take over godparenthood for professor Volha Filatchankava and student Uladzislau Martsinovich
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco, Céline Widmer (SP) and Jon Pult (SP) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
17.12.2020 Immediately release political prisoners Tsikhan Kliukach and Safiya Malashevich
Statement by the human rights organizations of Belarus
17.12.2020 100 godparents for political prisoners in Belarus
Cem Özdemir, Member of the Bundestag and former long-time leader of Alliance 90/The Greens, is the 100th MP who takes over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus, symbolically adopting journalist Katsiaryna Barysevich.
15.12.2020 Political prisoner Ihar Losik goes on hunger strike to protest new charges
Political prisoner Ihar Losik has declared an indefinite hunger strike after he faced today new charges of “plotting riots” (Art 13, Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code) in addition to an earlier charge of “breaching public order” (Part 1 of Art. 342).
15.12.2020 Amnesty International: Tortured detainee denied medical care
Viachaslau Rahashchuk is a taxi driver from the Belarusian city of Pinsk who was arbitrarily detained in 10 August and remains behind bars. He is in need of urgent medical treatment due to injuries he sustained from being tortured while in detention.
14.12.2020 More German MPs are godparents for Belarusian political prisoners
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco, Sandra Bubendorfer-Licht (FDP), Oliver Luksic (FDP) and Marja-Liisa Völlers (SPD) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners Mikhail Kalishuk, Yahor Kanetski and Andrei Papou.
10.12.2020 New godparents for Belarusian political prisoners
Members of German Bundestag and the European Parliament take over godparenthood for Dzianis Boltuts, Anton Bialenski and Yauhen Afnahel
09.12.2020 Postcard campaign for political prisoners in Belarus
On the occasion of Human Rights Day on 10 December, Libereco launches a postcard campaign for all political prisoners in Belarus. Join us and write a postcard or a letter to the neighbouring country of the EU.
08.12.2020 “We Will Not Forget”: Prison sentences for writing on pavement
The Frunzienski District Court of Minsk sentenced today Maksim Pauliushchyk to two years in prison for spray-painting “We Will Not Forget” on the pavement near the Puškinskaja metro station as a sign of remembrance of protester Aliaksandr Taraikouski who died on the spot on August 10, reportedly from a rubber bullet fired by a law enforcement officer.
07.12.2020 Stop repression against Belarusian students!
Libereco and the Students Solidarity Alliance Belarus have launched an international petition to the Belarusian university directors due to the massive repression of students. The petition calls them to stand behind their students, to protect their rights and to end the removals from the register of students process.
05.12.2020 Political prisoner Yauhen Yushkevich released
Political prisoner Yauhen Yushkevich has been released, after spending 10 days in pre-trial detention. The charges of “breaching public order” he is facing, however, remain in place.
04.12.2020 15 new names on list of political prisoners
Joint statement by Belarusian human rights organizations
