“Gone but not forgotten: Political prisoners are being disappeared” — The Washington Post writes about the complete isolation of the democracy movement leaders in Belarus. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

Lukashenka has pardoned 30 more political prisoners, including 7 women and 23 men. Most of them are parents of minors and young children. #FreeThemAll #Belarus #PoliticalPrisoners #WeStandBYyou

#Belarus: We stand in solidarity with our colleagues Libereco – PHR after its Twitter/X account has been ruled "extremist" by a Minsk court. Anyone supporting political prisoners, human rights & democracy in #Belarus is at risk of being targetted, whether in Belarus or outside.

The situation with political prisoners in August 👇 Of the 53 political prisoners released, the majority (31) were not "pardoned" but had fully served their sentences. However, the #Lukashenko regime might present them as "pardoned." Additionally, Viasna recognized 5 more

Maria Kalesnikava's life is in danger! 4 years in prison. 1.5 years incommunicado. On September 7, 2020, Maria Kalesnikava was abducted in the center of Minsk. There were terrifying days when nothing was known about Maria's whereabouts and status.

Given that Maria underwent surgery for a perforated ulcer in the fall of 2022, we conclude that she is in catastrophic conditions of detention. Maria's life is under real threat. We ask everyone who is out of Belarus to share information about Maria #SOSMaria.

We appreciate the support of Collins of Highbury and everyone who keeps fighting for the release of all political prisoners in Belarus together with us!

theartnewspaper.com/2024/09/11/in-… Four years on from the protests against election fraud in #Belarus PEN Belarus reports 163 cultural figures among the many 1000s still in prison often in appalling conditions. Freemuse supports PEN Belarus president Taciana Niadbaj's call for more needs

Lukashenko is targeting #Belarusians not only at home but abroad as well. Over half a million have fled since 2020 due to the crackdown on dissent. Pavel Latushka reports cyberattacks and threats, with 🇵🇱 authorities investigating. Read more via ABC News: bit.ly/3MImNy7

Honoured and grateful to take part in this panel on 26 September in #oxford PEN Belarus

Native language in #Belarus is fading, replaced by Russian. National Kupala theater, led once by Pavel Latushka, has employed Russian actors after 2020. Why full russification in Belarus is part of Kremlin's strategy — read in The Telegraph: bit.ly/4d3yE4J

This morning, I addressed the 🇺🇳 Human Rights Council United Nations Human Rights Council | 📍#HRC57 during its 57th session in Geneva 🇨🇭. I urge the United Nations & world leaders to act now. Make the release of the 1,400+ political prisoners in #Belarus a priority. Together, we can stop this terror & restore hope! #HRC57

The cast of the theatre adaptation of The Zekameron by Maxim Znak with Jim and Ella Dingley on set after the performance in Warsaw. Zekameron spreads its wings. ⁦Voices from Belarus⁩ ⁦@BelarusInUK⁩ ⁦PEN Belarus⁩ ⁦English PEN⁩ ⁦⁦Timothy Snyder⁩

I Appreciate Freedom House @ZMINAUkraine, and Regional Center for Human Rights for their work. Your evidence will be an excellent addition to the materials previously submitted to the Int'l Criminal Court, collected by National Anti-Crisis Management. #Lukashenko and his accomplices will be held accountable for their crimes.

Ich habe Strafanzeige wegen des Vorfalls gestellt. Sollten sich die Hinweise durch die belarische Zeitung erhärten, handelt es sich hier klar um einen Fall der Ausbeutung von Menschen in einer Zwangslage.

A member of the 🇩🇪 party AfD, Jörg Dornau, owns an onion plantation in #Belarus, that employs prisoners on political grounds, their salary is 5 € a day Reform.news I find this fact immoral, inhumane & unacceptable. Previously, National Anti-Crisis Management published information regarding the

People's Embassy of #Belarus in Britain delivered a petition with 80,000 signatures initiated by Libereco – PHR to Belarus Embassy UK in #London, demanding to free Ales Bialiatski Viasna and all political prisoners! Ales Bialiatski turned 62 today. #FreePoliticalPrisonersBelarus

At the OSCE #WarsawHDC event on Belarusian political prisoners, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said: "Belarus has become a laboratory of repression. Other dictatorships, like Putin’s, are learning from it. But the most outrageous thing—this repression is carried out with a feeling of impunity".

The Int'l Criminal Court has taken the first step to address the situation in #Belarus. The consideration of the Belarusian situation has been transferred to Preliminary Chamber No. 1, judges have been appointed. Additionally, a group of individuals has been formed to investigate this

The real situation in #Belarus? Here are some alarming numbers: Since summer 2020, 3,531 individuals, including 627 women, have been identified as political prisoners. The actual number is likely higher. These are the names we know. 1/6 Viasna's data