News on the topic: solidarity
16.11.2020 #100DaysOfViolence – Belarusians in need of solidarity
Monday, 16 November, marks 100 days since rigged presidential elections have sparked widespread protests all over Belarus. The regime of Dictator Alexander Lukashenko reacted with violence. But the demonstrations against him and in support for democratization did not stop – just as the brutal repressions.
11.11.2020 Members of Parliament from Austria and Germany take over godparenthood for Artsiom Sauchuk, Pavel Yukhnevich and Antanina Kanavalava
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco, Gudrun Kugler (National Council, ÖVP, Austria), Johannes Schraps (Bundestag, SPD, Germany) and Katja Leikert (Bundestag, CDU, Germany) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
10.11.2020 Members of the Bundestag take over godparenthood for Ivan Komar, Viachaslau Rahashchuk and Maryia Babovich
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco, members of the Bundestag Margit Stumpp (Bündnis90/DieGrünen), Heribert Hirte (CDU) and Barbara Hendricks (SPD) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
06.11.2020 Members of the Bundestag take over godparenthood for Viktar Kuushynau, Rastsislau Stefanovich and Artsiom Khvashcheuski
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco, members of the Bundestag Wiebke Esdar (SPD), Kai Gehring (Bündnis90/DieGrünen) and Stefan Gelbhaar (Bündnis90/DieGrünen) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
04.11.2020 Members of the Bundestag take over godparenthood for Uladzislau Yeustsihneyeu, Mikhail Zhamchuzhny and Uladzislau Karetski
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco, members of the Bundestag Saskia Esken (SPD), Gisela Maderla (CDU) and Gerhard Zickenheiner (Bündnis90/DieGrünen) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
02.11.2020 50th godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus: Katrin Göring-Eckardt becomes a godparent of human rights activist Andrei Chapiuk
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights, Katrin Göring-Eckardt has taken over the prisoner’s godparenthood for the Belarusian human rights activist Andrei Chapiuk. The parliamentary group leader of Bündnis90/Die Grünen in the German Bundestag is thus already the 50th godparent for a political prisoner in Belarus.
30.10.2020 Polish and German MPs take over godparenthood for Andrei Voinich, Siarhei Korshun and Uladzimir Dudarau
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights, Martin Schulz (Bundestag, Germany), Andrzej Halicki (European Parliament, Poland) und Jürgen Martens (Bundestag, Germany) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus and demand their immediate and unconditional release.
28.10.2020 Global movement calls on authorities to stop crackdown on peaceful protest
Amnesty International has informed the Belarusian authorities that the organization has collected about 191,000 signatures from supporters calling for an end to the crackdown on peaceful protests and accountability for police abuses. The petition was launched ahead of Belarus’s 9 August presidential election amid mounting violations against protesters.
23.10.2020 Swiss MPs call to release Natallia Hersche arrested in Belarus
In an open letter, 18 Swiss parliamentarians from the SP, Greens, CVP and EVP address the Belarusian Minister of Justice, Minister of the Interior and Attorney General and demand the release of the imprisoned Swiss citizen Natallia Hersche.
23.10.2020 MPs from Lithuania, Austria and Germany join "godparenthood" campaign
As part of the Libereco’s solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou, Rasa Juknevičienė (European Parliament, Lithuania), Ewa Ernst-Dziedzic (National Council, Austria) and Delara Burkhardt (European Parliament, Germany) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
21.10.2020 Austrian and German MPs take over godparenthood for Ihnat Sidorchyk, Dzianis Kireshchanka and Dzianis Chykaliou
As part of Libereco’s solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou, Jürgen Hardt (Bundestag, Germany), Lukas Mandl (European Parliament, Austria) und Reinhold Lopatka (National Council, Austria) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus. They demand their immediate and unconditional release.
19.10.2020 Libereco demands freedom for Swiss citizen arrested in Belarus
Natallia Hersche, Swiss-Belarusian dual citizen from St. Gallen, has been in a Belarusian prison for exactly one month today. She had travelled to her former home country in September and was arrested there during a peaceful women’s rally on 19 September.
13.10.2020 Members of parliament from Belgium and Germany take over godparenthood for Aliaksandr Shabalin, Alena Maushuk and Pavel Piaskou
As part of Libereco’s solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou Samuel Cogolati (Kamer, Belgium), Dietmar Köster (European Parliament, Germany) und Ursula Groden-Kranich (Bundestag, Germany) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus and demand their immediate and unconditional release.
05.10.2020 MPs from Switzerland, Austria and Germany take over godparenthood for Dmitry Popov, Dzmitry Karaka, Yury Savitski and Aliaksandr Vasilevich
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights, the Swiss Members of the Council of States Céline Vara and Lisa Mazzone as well as the Austrian MEP Andreas Schieder and the German Member of the Bundestag René Röspel take over godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus and demand their immediate and unconditional release.
02.10.2020 Three more German MPs "adopt" political prisoners in Belarus
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights, Members of the German Parliament Wiebke Esdar (SPD), Frank Heinrich (CDU) and Christian Petry (SPD) have taken over a prisoner’s godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus and calling for their immediate and unconditional release.
