News on the topic: solidarity
08.12.2022 MPs from 21 countries call for release of Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski
In the run-up to the Nobel Peace Prize award, European politicians are addressing the ruling regime in Belarus.
06.12.2022 Watching the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony together: locations and time
Let’s show our support and thank Bialiatski for many years of defending rights and helping people.
01.12.2022 Front Line Defenders demand to release Nasta Loika
Human rights defender serves the fifth administrative term in three months. Previously, she had reported torture in jail.
22.11.2022 #WeStandBYyou: Members of Parliament from Scotland, the Netherlands and Ireland take on the godparenthood for political prisoners
Libereco solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou continues.
16.11.2022 #WeStandBYyou: Members of the Parliament from Germany, Ireland and the UK take on the godparenthood for political prisoners
Libereco solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou continues.
04.11.2022 #WeStandBYyou: Three more political prisoners ‘adopted’ by European MPs
Members of the European Parliament and the Romanian Chamber of Deputies take on the godparenthood for Ihar Mints, Larysa Kuzmenka and Yauhen Barouski
27.10.2022 #WeStandBYyou: Darya Losik, Yuryi Hantsarevich, and Siarhei Plonis ‘adopted’ by European MPs
Libereco solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou continues.
27.10.2022 Valiantsin Stefanoviс re-elected as FIDH vice-president
Viasna deputy chair has been FIDH Vice-President since 2019.
25.10.2022 Valiantsin Stefanovic on FIDH centenary: “Defenders' solidarity is a powerful force”
Viasna human rights defenders paid special attention at the anniversary session opening.
24.10.2022 Civic Solidarity Platform Statement on the award of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize
Three members of the Platform, the Center for Civil Liberties (Ukraine), Memorial (Russia), and Chair of Viasna Ales Bialiatski (Belarus) awarded.
20.10.2022 #WeStandBYyou: MPs from the UK, Germany, and France ‘adopt’ political prisoners from Belarus
Yana Pinchuk, Vasil Berasnieu, and Natallia Nikitsina get symbolic support as part of Libereco's campaign
12.10.2022 CoE: Member states should provide more support to Russian and Belarusian human rights defenders
Commissioner for Human Rights' statement identifies four minimum measures on which member states should focus their efforts.
30.09.2022 “This award is a great support to us in our mission.” Viasna awarded The Albie Awards 2022
Alina Stefanovich, the wife of political prisoner and Viasna human rights defender Valiantsin Stefanovich, received the prize.
27.09.2022 Right Livelihood warns UN Council about Ales Bialiatski's terrible detention conditions
Ales Bialiatski is being held in a dark, semi-basement section of a Belarusian prison, Right Livelihood and Laureate organisation Human Rights Center “Viasna” warned the UN Human Rights Council.
22.09.2022 "This is a common European challenge." Belarusian human rights activists stand in solidarity with Ukraine
Human rights defenders from different countries held a solidarity action with Ukraine near the Russian Embassy in Vilnius on September 21, the International Day of Peace.
