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54. Jahrestagung der IGFM Rückblick

2026-04-22T17:59:35+02:00

54. Jahrestagung der IGFM Europa als Garant für Menschenrechte und Frieden Am 11. und 12. April 2026 fand die 54. Jahrestagung der IGFM in Bonn statt. Unter dem Leitthema „Europa als Garant für Menschenrechte und Frieden“ kamen Mitglieder, Partner und internationale Gäste zusammen, um über aktuelle Entwicklungen zu diskutieren – insbesondere über die Lage politischer Gefangener, religiös Verfolgter sowie von Menschen, die wegen ihres Engagements gegen autoritäre Systeme verfolgt werden.

54. Jahrestagung der IGFM Rückblick2026-04-22T17:59:35+02:00

Lukashenko regime cracks down on the IGFM

2026-03-16T12:28:49+01:00

The ISHR’s social media accounts have been classified as ‘extremist material’ in Belarus The human rights organisation is not deterred by this designation and will continue its work on Belarus. In the Republic of Belarus, the long-standing dictator Lukashenko rules with brutal severity and has thousands of people arrested on arbitrary grounds. Hundreds of thousands of Belarusians have left the country since the rigged elections of 2020, whilst thousands more

Lukashenko regime cracks down on the IGFM2026-03-16T12:28:49+01:00

In Belarus, the social networks of the International Society for Human Rights have been declared “extremist.”

2026-03-13T09:07:54+01:00

On 10 March, the Goretsky District Court recognised the Instagram, X and Facebook pages of the International Society for Human Rights as "extremist". On March 10, a court in the Horki District of Belarus declared the social media pages of the International Society for Human Rights on Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and Facebook to be “extremist.” The decision concerns the official accounts of an international human rights organization that has

In Belarus, the social networks of the International Society for Human Rights have been declared “extremist.”2026-03-13T09:07:54+01:00

Maria Kolesnikova, Viktor Babariko and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Beliatski have been released

2025-12-14T11:15:47+01:00

Belarus has released 123 political prisoners, including leaders of the 2020 protests. Maria Kolesnikova and other released political prisoners, 13 December 2025  COORDINATION HEADQUARTERS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Alexander Lukashenko agreed to this as part of an agreement with US President Donald Trump and at his request, "in connection with the lifting of illegal sanctions against the potash industry." Today, a

Maria Kolesnikova, Viktor Babariko and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Beliatski have been released2025-12-14T11:15:47+01:00

Гуманітарны мост: гуманітарны транспарт злучае Вітліх і Панявежыс

2025-09-18T15:18:42+02:00

Гуманітарны мост: гуманітарны транспарт злучае Вітліх і Панявежыс Панявежыс, 15 верасня 2025 г. – У панядзелак раніцай а 8-й гадзіне ў Панявежыс, трэці па велічыні горад Літвы, прыбыў гуманітарны транспарт ад працоўнай групы IGFM з Вітліха. На працягу дзвюх гадзін груз быў выгружаны нягледзячы на дождж і халаднаватае надвор’е камандай маладых валанцёраў. Многія з іх выдзелілі на гэта час яшчэ перад пачаткам сваёй працы – гэта выразны знак моцнай валанцёрскай

Гуманітарны мост: гуманітарны транспарт злучае Вітліх і Панявежыс2025-09-18T15:18:42+02:00

Political prisoner Andrei Podnebny died of suffocation in Belarusian prison

2025-09-09T15:27:53+02:00

About the death of 36-year-old Andrei Podnebenny reported yesterday his mother in the social network Facebook. The cause of death of political prisoner Andrei Podnebennyy in Mahiliou colony No. 15 was suffocation, "Radio Svaboda" reports citing its own source. Other circumstances of the death of the political prisoner are still unknown. Official sources in the security forces have not yet commented on the incident. The death of 36-year-old Andrei Podnebennyi

Political prisoner Andrei Podnebny died of suffocation in Belarusian prison2025-09-09T15:27:53+02:00

ISHR delegation visits Tikhanouskaya: Solidarity with Belarus in exile

2025-08-11T20:00:20+02:00

On 7 August 2025, ISHR Secretary General Matthias Boehning and ISHR President Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Paul Schirrmacher met in Vilnius with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tikhanouskaya. They were accompanied by Martin Oliner (ISHR Strategic Advisor), Jed Oliner (ISHR Volunteer Lithuania), Jurgita Samoskiene (ISHR Country Lead Lithuania) and Kristina Trinkūnaitė (Head of Communications, Caritas Lithuania). Together, they discussed the current situation of the Belarusian diaspora in Europe and the challenges

ISHR delegation visits Tikhanouskaya: Solidarity with Belarus in exile2025-08-11T20:00:20+02:00

Mock election in Belarus

2025-01-28T20:18:17+01:00

In Warsaw on 26 January 2025, thousands of Belarusians protested against the "presidential elections" in their home country and carried a large white-red-white flag through the streets of the city. Leading the protest march, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, President-elect of Belarus. Photo: Еврорадио   ISHR: Total control of the dictator Lukashenko Belarusian democracy movement must continue to be supported Minsk/Frankfurt-am-Main, 27 January 2025 - The so-called presidential elections in Belarus

Mock election in Belarus2025-01-28T20:18:17+01:00

Анджэй Пачобут: прысуд за журналістыку

2026-01-07T12:03:30+01:00

Анджэй Пачобут 51-гадовы журналіст Анджэй Пачобут быў затрыманы ў Беларусі 25 сакавіка 2021 года і 8 лютага 2023 года асуджаны да васьмі гадоў пазбаўлення волі. У цяперашні час ён утрымліваецца ў папраўчай калоніі ўзмоцненага рэжыму ў Наваполацку. Нягледзячы на сур’ёзныя праблемы са здароўем, доступ да медыцынскай дапамогі застаецца абмежаваным. Факты справы: Дата нараджэння: 16 красавіка 1973 года Арыштаваны: 25 сакавіка 2021 года Асуджаны: 8 лютага 2023 годаа Абвінавачанні: «Заклікі да

Анджэй Пачобут: прысуд за журналістыку2026-01-07T12:03:30+01:00

Archipelago Belarus – post-Stalinist terror, what’s behind the new figures?

2024-08-21T13:42:20+02:00

Exactly four years after the uprising of the Belarusian democracy movement in the summer of 2020, the best-known exile organisation ‘Viasna’ presents its infographic ‘4 Years of Mass Repression’. Excerpts from it here at a glance   Looking back: Spring 2020 - 3 presidential candidates eliminated Courageous and powerful men had indeed put themselves on the list of presidential candidates for the election in August 2020 in accordance with democratic

Archipelago Belarus – post-Stalinist terror, what’s behind the new figures?2024-08-21T13:42:20+02:00
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