#FreeViasna

🤯 In Belarus, 300 entities now carry the label of "extremist formations." This includes media outlets such as @DeutscheWelle, #humanrights groups like @viasna96, trade unions, youth and environmental projects, solidarity networks supporting #politicalprisoners, a theatre…

💔 Marfa Rabkova has been unjustly imprisoned in Belarus for 4 years & 10 months. This courageous young woman coordinated @viasna96’s volunteer service, organised people to monitor elections, and documented torture. For this, she received nearly 15 years in prison. While behind…

❗️ "Strong reasons to believe that these individuals lost their lives in retaliation for exercising their civil and political rights" @UN_SPExperts raise alarm over the deaths of political prisoners in #Belarus, pointing to a system of repression, ill-treatment and denial of…

🕯️ Vor 4 Jahren wurde Uladzimir Labkovich verhaftet. Der belarusische Menschenrechtsanwalt ist wegen seines Einsatzes für Demokratie & freie Wahlen inhaftiert. Ich bin Patin für ihn und fordere seine sofortige, bedingungslose Freilassung & aller politischen Gefangenen in Belarus.

✊ #FreeViasna: Today marks 4 years since @viasna96 members Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovic, and Uladzimir Labkovich were arbitrarily detained in Belarus. Their health and well-being are at serious risk. FIDH and over 40 civil society organisations call for their immediate…

✊ Today in Vilnius 🇱🇹, we stood with the imprisoned activists of @viasna96. Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovic, and Uladzimir Labkovich were arrested four years ago in #Belarus for their #humanrights work. Solidarity matters — especially when justice is denied. #FreeViasna…

#Belarus: 14/07 marks 4 years since @viasna96 members Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovic, & Uladzimir Labkovich are arbitrarily detained & consistently subjected to ill-treatment. 📣Once again, we urge for their immediate and unconditional release! 👉fidh.org/en/region/euro…

Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovich and Uladzimir Labkovich have been behind bars for four years in #Belarus for defending #humanrights. We repeat our calls for their release along with all other political prisoners in the country. #FreeViasna #FreeBelarus

💔 Four years ago today, authorities of #Belarus arrested prominent human rights defenders from @viasna96: — #NobelPeacePrize laureate Ales Bialiatski — @fidh_en vice-president Valiantsin Stefanovic — coordinator of the #HRDs for Free Elections campaign Uladzimir Labkovich They…

😢 Two years ago, prominent artist Ales Pushkin died after being transferred from prison to intensive care. Known for his bold performances and constant criticism of the Lukashenka regime, he was sentenced to five years simply for expressing his views. Even behind bars, Pushkin…

🔄 One step forward, two steps back Since January, #Belarus has seen seven rounds of #politicalprisoner pardons, freeing over a hundred people. But this has not marked a turn toward justice. In the same period, #humanrights defenders recognized 20 new groups of people as…

😢 25 years ago today, journalist Dzmitry Zavadski was abducted in #Belarus From 1994 to 1997, he worked as Lukashenka’s personal cameraman. In 2000, he disappeared and was presumably murdered. That same year, @viasna96 human rights defenders Ales Bialiatski and Valiantsin…

📉 The regime in #Belarus continues its crackdown — and works hard to conceal it. In June alone, @viasna96 documented 67 cases of politically motivated criminal and administrative persecution. Since the beginning of the year, over 1,700 political detentions have been reported.…

“We know we are stronger together. We need to connect, we need to join forces, we need to learn from each other—to protect, to inspire, and to act.” –@MariaDahle Find out more about the 2025 #HumanRightsHouses Network Meeting bit.ly/4lnDdv5 #HRHN25

❤️‍🩹 "She has helped everyone she could." Marfa Rabkova — as recently released #politicalprisoner Akikhiro Hayeuski-Hanada recalls — is truly a person of deep empathy and solidarity, supporting others behind bars just as she did before her arrest. The coordinator of @viasna96’s…