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News
What is known about the raid on those expressing support for political prisoners?
Throughout Belarus, on January 23, KGB officers conducted mass searches, interrogations and detentions of political prisoners' relatives. Even those who simply wrote letters to political prisoners were reportedly rounded up.
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Videos
War in Ukraine: Is Belarus a co-aggressor?
In 2022, Russia has used the territory of Belarus to wage war against Ukraine with full knowledge and consent of Alexander Lukashenko’s regime. However, thousands of Belarusian citizens stepped forward…
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War in Ukraine
“Until the very last moment, I could not believe that Kyiv would be bombed…”
Thousands of Belarusians, forced to flee the Lukashenko regime's repression and find a new home in Ukraine, became refugees for the second time because of the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Human rights defender Marfa Rabkova sentenced to 15 years in prison
Marfa Rabkova, a coordinator of the volunteer service of the Viasna Human Rights Center, was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment and a fine of almost $9,000 USD.
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Articles
Stories of Belarusian volunteers in Ukraine
Hundreds of Belarusians who moved to Ukraine seeking to escape from political repression in Belarus decided to stay in Ukraine and help as volunteers.
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News
INeedHelpUA: Belarusians help send products to Ukraine
Belarusians adapted their charity project to help Ukrainians who suffered from the war. They buy food in Poland or Slovakia and deliver it to Ukraine.
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Belarusian speaks about his volunteer work on Ukraine-Poland border
Belarusian journalist and musician Ihar Palynski talks in his MOST column about his volunteer trip to the Ukraine-Poland border.
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Volunteers who helped political prisoners with food face prison time
Repressions against civil society activists continue in Belarus. This time, the target is volunteers who collected and distributed food aid for political prisoners.
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News
“You will be punished for everything you’ve done!” 5 years in prison for volunteers of Babaryka’s electoral headquarters
The volunteers of ex-presidential candidate Viktar Babaryka's headquarters and political prisoners Ihar Yarmolau, Mikola Saseu, Uladzislau Karetski, and Dzmitry Kanapelka have received five years in a medium-security penal colony today.