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Belarus: 848 political prisoners

ishr_online — Fri, 22 May 2026 11:31:57 +0000

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

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Annual Conference 2026 Mikola Dziadok

Carmen Krusch-Grün — Mon, 04 May 2026 10:18:54 +0000

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

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Review of the 54th Annual Conference of the ISHR

Carmen Krusch-Grün — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:00:03 +0000

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

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

ishr_online — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 06:42:53 +0000

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

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Andrzej Poczobut: Jailed for Reporting in Belarus

Team — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:49:25 +0000

Andrzej Poczobut The 51-year-old journalist Andrzej Poczobut from Belarus was arrested on 25 March 2021 and sentenced to eight years in prison on 8 February 2023. He is currently held in a high-security penal colony in Navapolatsk. Despite serious health issues, his access to medical care remains limited. Case facts: Date of birth: 16 April

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Political prisoner Andrei Podnebny died of suffocation in Belarusian prison

ishr_online — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:23:45 +0000

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

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IGFM-Wittlich sent humanitarian aid to Belarusian refugees in Lithuania

ishr_online — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:33:20 +0000

Humanitarian aid for Belarusians was collected by German participants of the IGFM—Wittlich organisation On 15 June 2025, a fully loaded truck with 90 cubic metres of humanitarian aid arrived at the warehouse of the human rights organisation ‘Our House’ near Vilnius. The cargo - 15 tonnes of clothes, furniture, household items and school supplies -

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Mock election in Belarus

ishr_online — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 19:15:54 +0000

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

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

ishr_online — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 07:49:50 +0000

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

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Belarus: 4 years of mass repressions

ishr_online — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:44:37 +0000

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,

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