Belarus: 848 political prisoners

2026-05-22T14:57:59+02:00

To mark the Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus on 21 May, the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) is drawing attention to their plight and the systematic use of torture in Belarusian prisons. Foto: Canva   Political Prisoners' Day in Belarus Belarus: Over 840 political prisoners – regime conducts nuclear war exercises ISHR calls for the immediate release of all political prisoners Minsk/Frankfurt am Main,

Belarus: 848 political prisoners2026-05-22T14:57:59+02:00

Annual Conference 2026 Mikola Dziadok

2026-05-04T12:18:54+02:00

Mikola Dziadok „A free Belarus means a free Europe”“ Bonn, April 11, 2026. Presentation at the Annual General Meeting: Mikola Dziadok is a Belarusian blogger, journalist, and activist who has spent a total of 10 years of his life in prison. After serving his first prison sentence, he was arrested again during the 2020 protests and sentenced to another term of imprisonment. He was finally released in

Annual Conference 2026 Mikola Dziadok2026-05-04T12:18:54+02:00

Review of the 54th Annual Conference of the ISHR

2026-05-06T12:01:50+02:00

54th Annual Conference of the ISHR Europe as a guarantor of human rights and peace On 11 and 12 April 2026, the 54th Annual Conference of the ISHR took place in Bonn. Under the guiding theme “Europe as a guarantor of human rights and peace”, members, partners and international guests came together to discuss current developments — in particular the situation of political prisoners, people persecuted

Review of the 54th Annual Conference of the ISHR2026-05-06T12:01:50+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

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

IGFM-Wittlich адправіў гуманітарную дапамогу беларускім уцекачам у Літве

2025-06-25T12:54:42+02:00

Гуманітарную дапамогу для беларусаў сабралі нямецкія ўдзельнікі арганізацыі IGFM—Wittlich 15 чэрвеня 2025 года на склад праваабарончай арганізацыі «Наш дом» пад Вільнюсам прыбыў цалкам загружаны грузавік аб'ёмам 90 кубічных метраў з гуманітарнай дапамогай. Груз — 15 тон адзення, мэблі, рэчаў побыту і школьных прылад — быў сабраны арганізацыяй IGFM-Wittlich у Германіі і цяпер размеркаваны сярод беларускіх і ўкраінскіх бежанцаў у Літве. У тую раніцу больш за 30 беларусаў з Вільнюса сабраліся,

IGFM-Wittlich адправіў гуманітарную дапамогу беларускім уцекачам у Літве2025-06-25T12:54:42+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

Belarus: 4 years of mass repressions

2024-08-19T16:52:47+02:00

Statistics of Belarusian protest. 4 years of repression There are currently at least 1,385 political prisoners in prison. Some 65,000 people have been arrested in four years as part of political persecution. At least half a million Belarusians have fled Belarus 500,000 More than 74,000 cases of repression have been registered in four years: searches, short-term and long-term detentions, interrogations, etc. At least 6,971 people are known to be criminally

Belarus: 4 years of mass repressions2024-08-19T16:52:47+02:00
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