News on the topic: solidarity
15.09.2021 MPs from Finland, Ireland and Germany adopt political prisoners Yuliya Kashaverava, Pavel Mazko and Maryna Zolatava
As part of Libereco’s #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Saara Hyrkkö (Parliament of Finland, Green League), Catherine Ardagh (Seanad Éireann, Fianna Fáil) and Alois Rainer (German Bundestag, CSU) are taking over godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
10.09.2021 #WeStandBYyou: 'Godparents' for Uladzimir Labkovich, Ales Bialiatski and Valiantsin Stefanovich
As part of Libereco’s #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Stefan Gelbhaar (German Bundestag, Alliance 90/The Greens), Nicola Beer (European Parliament, FDP) and Anton Hofreiter (German Bundestag, Alliance 90/The Greens) are taking over godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
07.09.2021 #WeStandBYyou: Ales Bialiatski ‘adopted’ by European Parliament vice-president Nicola Beer
Ms. Nicola Beer, vice-president of the European Parliament, re-joined Libereco’s campaign #WeStandBYyou to support Viasna’s imprisoned human rights defender Ales Bialiatski.
26.08.2021 Members of Parliament from Sweden and Ireland adopt political prisoners Dzianis Khazei, Aliaksandr Kazlianka and Valiantsin Kolb
As part of Libereco’s #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Lotta Olsson (Swedish Parliament, The Moderates), Laila Naraghi (Swedish Parliament, Social Democratic Party) and Gerard Craughwell (Seanad Éireann, Independent, Ireland) are taking over godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
11.08.2021 Artsiom Bayarski, Dzmitry Hopta and Vitaliya Bandarenka 'adopted' by European MPs
As part of Libereco’s #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Cathal Berry (Dáil Éireann, Independent, Ireland), Charlie Flanagan (Dáil Éireann, Fine Gael, Ireland) and Gabriele Bischoff (European Parliament, SPD, Germany) are taking over godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
26.07.2021 Global letter in solidarity with the Belarusian civil society
161 human rights organisations demand an end to the repression against the Human Rights Center Viasna and all other human rights defenders in Belarus.
23.07.2021 Yauhen Hovar, Yegor Dudnikov and Aliaksandr Kardziukou 'adopted' by European MPs
As part of Libereco’s #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Gabi Weber (German Bundestag, SPD), Vincent P. Martin (Seanad Éireann, Green Party, Ireland) and Elisabeth Falkhaven (Swedish Riksdag, Green Party) are taking over godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
21.07.2021 #WeStandBYyou: New 'godparents' for Belarusian political prisoners
Members of Parliament from Sweden, Germany and Ireland adopt political prisoners Aliaksandr Hubeika, Volha Zalatar and Siarhei Hatskevich
16.07.2021 Members of Parliament from Portugal, Ireland and the UK adopt political prisoners from Belarus
As part of Libereco’s #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Isabel Santos (European Parliament, Partido Socialista, Portugal), Frances Fitzgerald (European Parliament, Fine Gael, Ireland) and Baroness Massey of Darwen (House of Lords, Labour Party, UK) are taking over godparenthoods of political prisoners in Belarus.
30.06.2021 Ihar Bukas, Dzianis Ivashyn and Dzianis Urad adopted by European MPs
As part of Libereco’s #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Erin McGreehan, Seán Haughey and Jens Geier take over godparenthoods for political prisoners in Belarus.
16.06.2021 New "godparents" for Belarusian political prisoners
Members of the German Bundestag and the European Parliament take over godparenthoods for Eduard Kudyniuk, Leanid Sudalenka and Volha Klimkova
09.06.2021 Members of Parliament from the UK, Sweden and Denmark take over godparenthoods of Mikita Yemialiyanau, Pavel Spiryn and Anatol Khinevich
As part of Libereco’s #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Helena Kennedy (House of Lords, Labour Party, UK), David Josefsson (Sveriges Riksdag, Moderaterna, Sweden) and Margrete Auken (European Parliament, Socialistisk Folkeparti, Denmark) are becoming godparents of political prisoners in Belarus.
04.06.2021 #WeStandBYyou: New 'godparents' for Belarusian political prisoners
MPs from Sweden, Germany, the UK, Ireland and Austria take over godparenthood for Sofia Sapega, Safiya Malashevich, Vital Prokharau, Anton Lakishyk, Daniil Bohnat and Aliaksandr Babrou
02.06.2021 MPs from Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands take over godparenthood for Ihar Povarau, Kanstantsin Svidunovich and Darya Danilava
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco, James Lawless (Dáil Éireann, Fianna Fáil, Ireland), Tonia Antoniazzi (House of Commons, Labour Party, UK) and Jasper van Dijk (Tweede Kamer, Socialistische Partij, Netherlands) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
31.05.2021 Cem Özdemir is committed to the release of Raman Pratasevich
Cem Özdemir, the long-time former chairman of Alliance 90/The Greens and current chairman of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure in the German Bundestag, is taking over the prisoner’s godparenthood for the Belarusian imprisoned blogger and journalist Raman Pratasevich.
