Postcard Campaign for Zmitser Dashkevich, Mikalai Statkevich and Ales Bialiatski
Libereco and Amnesty International published appeal postcards to demand the release of Belarusian prisoners of conscience Zmitser Dashkevich, Mikalai Statkevich and Ales Bialiatski - Please join this action!
List of political prisoners in Belarus
Based on information received by Libereco 11 people are detained for political reasons in Belarus at the moment.
Update 24.03.2012: Petition: Freedom for Political Prisoners in Belarus!
Libereco with a petition urges Alexander Lukaschenka to release all political prisoners in Belarus and to end the persecution of dissidents. Please support and spread our petition, please collect signatures.Petition (german) Petition (english)
FreedomX2
Libereco supports “Freedom x 2”, a solidarity campaign with two Belarusian political prisoners, 2010 presidential candidate Mikola Statkevich and leader of “Young Front” Zmitser Dashkevich.
Freedom for Ales Bialiatski
On 25 September 2012 Belarusian human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Ales Bialiatski turned 50 years old. Thanks very much to everyone who sent him birthday greetings. All photos are published on www.facebook.com/WeAllAreAles
NGOs held a picket
The NGOs Amnesty International, German-Swiss PEN Center, Reporters Without Borders, Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights, Service Civil International and ISHR organized a picket in Zurich on 19.12.2011 to demand the release of prisoners of conscience and the abolishment of death penalty in Belarus. Pictures on Facebook.
International NGOs stand up for human rights in Belarus - Joint statement of 19 non-governmental organisations
International NGOs will organize street actions across Europe to stand up for human rights in Belarus on 19 December 2011. Joint actions by NGOs will take place in London, Zurich, Prague, Berlin, Stockholm and Amsterdam. Groups of Young European Federalists across Europe have also organised protests.
Pressemitteilung (deutsch)
Press Release (english)
Short Movie "Prisoners of Conscience in Belarus"
One year after the 2010 Belarusian presidential elections Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights and Amnesty International release a short movie „Prisoners of conscience in Belarus“, directed by German filmmaker Sebastian Heinzel.
Postcard Campaign: Freedom for Ales Bialiatski!
Libereco and Amnesty International started a post card campaign to demand the release of Belarusian prisoner of conscience Ales Bialiatski - Join this action!
We all are Ales / Wir alle sind Ales / мы все за Алеся
Belarusian Human Rights Defender Ales Bialiatski was sentenced to four and a half years in prison on 24 November 2011 in Minsk. We are calling for his immediate und unconditional release.
Der Belarussische Menschenrechtsverteidiger Ales Bialiatski wurde am 24. November 2011 in Minsk zu viereinhalb Jahren Haft verurteilt. Wir rufen zu seiner sofortigen und bedingungslosen Freilassung auf.
Белорусский правозащитник Алесь Беляцкий был приговорён 24 ноября 2011года в Минске к 4,5 лет лишения свободы. Мы требуем его немедленного и безусловного освобождения.
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Like this page on facebook to show your solidarity with Ales:
Mag diese Seite auf Facebook, um deine Solidarität mit Ales zu zeigen:
Вырази свою солидарность с Алесем Бяляцким на странице facebook:
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Prisoner’s Godparenthood: Katrin Göring-Eckardt adopts Ales Bialiatski
Katrin Göring-Eckardt, Vice President of the German Bundestag has taken on a prisoner’s godparenthood for Ales Bialiatski and states:
List of political prisoners, accused and unlawfully convicted in Belarus (Updated)
Based on informations received by Libereco 25 people are detained for political reasons in Belarus, 11 people are unlawfully convicted and have received suspended sentences, 7 people are unlawfully accused at the moment. In Mid-August 9 political prisoners were released, 4 in early September and 11 more in mid September.
Online-Petition: Freedom for Dzmitry Bandarenka!
Marek Migalski, Member of European Parliament and godparent of political prisoner Dzmitry Bandarenka, launced an online petition to demand his release. Please support the petition on www.bandarenka.pl
Post card campaign: Freedom for Aliaksandr Atroshchankau
Libereco and Amnesty International started a post card campaign to demand the release of Belarusian prisoner of conscience Aliaksandr Atroshchankau - Join this action!
Greeting Card Action: Please support Alexander Otroshchenkov
On 2 March Alexander Otroshchenkov was sentenced to 4 years in prison. Please send him greetings.
Free Feduta - Open Letter and Online Petition
Many members of parliament, professors and writers are engaged for the release of Alexander Feduta. Libereco supports this initiative.
2500 signatures for Belarus Online Petition
We closed the petition. All signatures will be transfered to the Belarusian President. We want to thank everybody who has supported our petition.
List of Political Prisoners, Accused and Suspects in Belarus
Based on informations received by Libereco ca. 46 people are detained for political reasons in Belarus at the moment, 15 others are banned to leave to country. All detainees, accused and suspects are facing longtime prison sentences.
Appeal to OSCE on Belarus
More than one hundred civil society organisations from 27 OSCE countries, including the Libereco, appealed to the OSCE on the need to take urgent measures in connection with the crisis in the Republic of Belarus.
An Emergency Call from Belarus
We received the appeal below from belarusian civil society activicts. To protect the safety of the authors of this appeal we can’t publish their names. This statement does not necessarily represent Libereco's oppinions, but never the less we want to spread this call for help.
Help and support political prisoners and repressed students in Belarus
Please support political prisoners and victims of repressions in Belarus: Send greetings and pictures. Sign our online petition. Send appeals.
Greetings to political prisoners in Belarus
Please send greetings as a sign of hope to all detainees in Belarus. Please send your messages by email to hope@lphr.org. All you greetings will be passed to the prisoners by belarusian human rights defenders.
Send now: Urgent Appeals
Hundreds of people have been detained in Belarus, 26 of them are facing years in prison. Please send appeals NOW.
Write the detainees' families
The situation of the detainees and their families in Belarus makes us very sad at the moment. Please send letters and postcards to the families of political prisoners in Belarus.
Amnesty International: Sannikov tortured in detention, hundreds jailed
Please support two Urgent Actions of Amnesty International. Presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov has been tortured in detention. Hundreds of people in Belarus have been detained. The oppositional leaders face up to 15 years imprinsonment. Please send appeals.
Repressions against students in Belarus continue
Students in Belarus continue to be suffering from state repressions. In the case of Tatsiana Shaputska this means that she remains unable to continue her studies in Belarus.
Political Prisoner Aleh Surhan released
On 27 July 2010, Aleh Surhan, activist of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party, was released from prision. He was sentenced on February 19th 2010 to 6 months of arrest because of alleged resistance to the police.
Protest mail to Minsk
Libereco urges the re-matriculation of Tatjana Shaputska. You are welcome to spread and send our protest cards addressed to the Belarusian minister of education.
Tatsiana Shaputska still fights against her expulsion from university
Libereco keeps on supporting the demand to reinstate Tatsiana Shaputska immediately. After being expelled from the Belarusian State University (BSU) in December 2009 Tatsiana Shaputska has appealed against this decision. Unfortunately she was not successful in court.