"As a human rights defender in exile, I have experienced death threats and assassination attempts, smear campaigns and pressure on close relatives." Bonn, 20. April 2024 This is the German transcript. You can find the video recording on our YouTube channel as well as linked in this article. Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus in February 2024, but the human rights situation continued to deteriorate during the election process. The
Over the past year, the development of Alexander Lukashenko's authoritarian regime has accelerated towards totalitarianism. Lukashenko preaches unity, but continues to divide his country / Foto © president.gov.by The government sees no reason to stop this development and is encroaching on all possible areas, including people's private lives, their employment, their travel abroad, their education or their historical memory. The Belarusian political scientist Artyom Shraibman analyses how the
Frankfurt a.M. – Belarus Nationwide raids on family members of political prisoners The Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenkо sends his Dementors into a psychological war against his own people. His aim is to personally punish and destroy the political prisoners - and with them the Belarusian democracy movement - with psychological terror. The International Society for Human Rights strongly condemns yesterday's arrests and repressions and describes Lukashenka's increasing isolation policy as
More than 1,400 political prisoners are being held in Belarus - including candidates in the 2020 presidential election According to human rights activists, three years after the presidential elections in Belarus , arbitrary detentions and massive violence by security forces are the order of the day. The International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) announced on Tuesday in Frankfurt that more than 1,400 people are currently being held in Belarus for
Beds for the Kherson Military Hospital IGFM-Wittlich and the International Society for Human Rights handed over another batch of humanitarian aid to the Belarusian organisation "Nash Dom" in Lithuania. This time there were beds for an ambulance which will be sent to the Kherson Military Hospital. 8.03.2023 Photo: picture-alliance/dpa
Belarus. 10 years imprisonment for the 60-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Dr. phil. Ales Bialiatski. Ales Bialiatski, Dec. 2014, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl His last words in court:“This civil war must end! I hope you will hear me" The International Society for Human Rights urges the EU to intensify support for the Belarusian democracy movement. This is not only necessary for moral reasons, but also strengthens the negotiating
Photo: charter97.org Radio Liberty reported that law enforcers came to Daria Losik's flat at 7:30am on October, 18 to conduct a search. A criminal case may be opened against Daria for "promotion of extremist activity". The main claim against Daria may lie in the fact that she recently gave an interview to Belsat TV channel, currently based in Poland. Here is how the Telegram channel "Svodki Centra" reacted
This year's Nobel Peace Prize 2022 laureates are human rights defenders: the Ukrainian Centre for Civil Liberties, Belarusian human rights defender and founder of the human rights organisation Viasna, recognised as an extremist organisation in Belarus, and the Russian human rights centre Memorial, liquidated in Russia. The Ukrainian Centre for Civil Liberties was founded in 2007. The main objectives of the Centre are protection of human rights and the establishment
“Treason of the state”: A new verdict for political prisoner Belsat journalist Ekaterina Andreyeva in Belarus A further 8 years in prison for the young Belarusian journalist who did nothing more than carry out her work as a journalist. With all the cruelty of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, we must not forget the cruelty towards well over a thousand political prisoners in Belarus! Political persecution began because
In the letter from our exiled Belarusian partner organization "Our House/Nash Dom" , the well-known chairwoman Olga Karach describes how much more the humanitarian aid of ISHR means for her and the Ukrainian-Belarusian exile community in Lithuania than just the distribution of relief goods: They offer the refugees a Point of contact, here you can not only get things that you need, but also exchange ideas, share your suffering, and