54-та щорічна конференція МТПЛ Європа як гарант прав людини і миру 11 і 12 квітня 2026 року в Бонні відбулися 54-ті річні збори Міжнародного товариства прав людини (МТПЛ). Під головною темою «Європа як гарант прав людини і миру» члени організації, партнери та міжнародні гості зібралися, щоб обговорити актуальні події — передусім становище політичних в’язнів, людей, яких переслідують за релігійні переконання, а також тих, хто зазнає переслідувань
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
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
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 1973 Arrested: 25 March 2021 Sentenced: 8 February 2023 Charges: “Calls for actions aimed at
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
Гуманітарну допомогу для білорусів зібрали німецькі учасники IGFM—Wittlich 15 червня 2025 року на склад правозахисної організації «Наш Дім» під Вільнюсом прибула повністю завантажена вантажівка об'ємом 90 кубічних метрів із гуманітарною допомогою. Вантаж - 15 тонн одягу, меблів, предметів побуту та шкільного приладдя - було зібрано організацією IGFM-Wittlich у Німеччині, і тепер його розподіляють між білоруськими та українськими біженцями в Литві. Того ранку понад 30 білорусів із Вільнюса зібралися, щоб розвантажити
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
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
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
The German Foreign Ministry confirmed the information about the death sentence of German citizen Rico Krieger in Belarus According to the German Foreign Ministry in response to DW request, the department and the German Embassy in Minsk provide consular assistance to this person and work intensively with the Belarusian authorities in his interests. ‘The death penalty is a cruel and inhuman form of punishment, which Germany rejects under any circumstances,’
