Hurt twice: Belarusians are fleeing with Ukrainians On the run again: Belarusians in exile in Ukraine. Alena is Belarusian from Gomel. When the protests in Belarus began in August 2020, she actively supported them. Alena went to all rallies, helped in the camp near the Okrestina prison, notorious for its torture methods, south-west of Minsk- she made transport services for people who were released, bought and brought food, water,
Belarus: Release of political prisoner Natallia Hershe Swiss and Belarus citizen, political prisoner Natallia Hersche was released after 17 months in the Belarusian prison. This was announced by Swiss President Ignazio Cassis in his Twitter account, having published a photo of Natallia Hersche with her brother and Swiss Ambassador to Belarus Christine Honegger: Finally! Natallia Hersche was released today after 17 months of imprisonment in Belarus. She was welcomed by
Die Buchbesprechung über das Buch von Viktor Martinowitsch „Paranoia“ Der 2010 im St. Peterburger Verlag AST Moskau und Astrel‘ veröffentlichte Roman, in Weißrussland verboten, 2013 auf Englisch erschienen, mit einem Nachwort des renommierten Osteuropa-Historikers Timothy Snyder versehen, setzt mit einer Reihe von Perlustrationsprotokollen eines nicht näher bezeichneten Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit ein. Angefügt ist der Appendix 1, in dem die observierte Person, Anatoli Petrowitsch Newinski, Autor von fünf Erzähl- und Dramenbänden, geboren
Around a hundred people gathered at the historic Römerberg Square in Frankfurt-am-Main to demand an end to the "last dictatorship in Europe" and the release of all political prisoners in Belarus. Thanks to the ISHR, many German parliamentarians, academics and members of civil society came together to stand up for the Belarusian people. Photo: Valentin Popa. For democracy and freedom in Belarus Together with representatives of Belarusian civil society, politicians
The Belarusian democracy movement has been subjected to massive repression since the rigged presidential elections of 9 August 2020. Peaceful protesters have been brutally arrested, representatives of the opposition have been imprisoned and tortured, even media and NGOs' workers have been persecuted. The ISHR invites everyone to support the Belarusian democracy movement at a rally to be held on 18 September 2021 at Römer (Frankfurt-am-Main). Solidarity with the Belarusian democratic
On June 13, Moldova marks a special date: On this day in 1941, more than 30 thousand people were deported from Bessarabia to Siberia.These tragic events must not be forgotten, and the memory of the victims of the Stalinist regime must be passed on from generation to generation, so that this will never happen again. How the history is falsified in Moldova On June 13, Moldova marks a special date:
ISHR's (Belarus) Young Human Rights Defender School Marks the 1st Anniversary ISHR's (Belarus) Young Human Rights Defender School Marks the 1st Anniversary The Young Human Rights Defender School was opened in Brest by the decree of the Board of the ISHR (Belarus) dated January 25, 2020. A year later, the experiment can be called successful. Author of textbooks on human rights, Professor Ivan Kotlyar took the scientific leadership of the
Pyotr Kolpakov, veteran of the Great Patriotic War from Belarus, participant in the ISHR project “Tell me about the War,” dies at the age of 97 Participants of the ISHR project “Tell me about the War” grieve over the death of a veteran, winner of the Stalingrad and Kursk battles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MD3ZsNyPKY On January 3, 2021, Pyotr Kolpakov, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War from Belarus, a participant in the
There is a danger that the Belarusian topic will finally go off the radar since the West has its own current news: elections in the USA, the coronavirus, local protests in Poland, and others. Plus, foreign journalists from Belarus were expelled and deprived of their accreditations. Who will write from the scene? Appeals for help from Belarus. You too can do something that easy! There is a danger that the
Belarus, 31 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The German section of the ISHR reminds the famous words of Mikhail Gorbachev and says to the President of Belarus: “Mr. Lukashenko, you are clearly late!” THE SOVIET UNION, THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL AND THE BELARUSIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT… Belarus, 31 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The German section of the ISHR reminds the famous words
