Relaunch of our website
We are currently working flat out on the programming and design of our new website, which will be published shortly. In future, it will be possible to manually select the country on our website and thus switch from Libereco Switzerland to Libereco Germany and vice versa.
“I can!”: Comic manual for civil society work with refugees and other vulnerable groups
Libereco provides crisis counselling and psychosocial support to Ukrainians and Belarusians active in civil society. Based on our experience, we developed the comic manual “I Can! How to Cope with Stress, Overcome Challenges, and Handle Conflict”. This has now been completely revised and is being published in Belarusian and German for the first time.
Four new godparents: Scottish MPs show solidarity with Belarusian political prisoners
In March, LIBERECO presented an exhibition on political prisoners in Belarus at the Scottish Parliament. As a result, many MSPs expressed interest in the #WeStandBYyou campaign. Four of them – Fulton MacGregor, John Mason, Beatrice Wishart and Brian Whittle – have now taken on sponsorships for Andrei Famin, Mikalai Khila, Hanna Kurys and Vasil Dzemidovich.
New godparents from Latvia, Austria and Scotland for Belarusian political prisoners
As part of our #WeStandBYyou campaign, Antoņina Ņenaševa (PROGRESĪVIE, Latvia), Helmut Brandstätter (European Parliament, NEOS/Renew Europe, Austria) and Bill Kidd (Scottish National Party, Scotland) are taking over a godparenthood for Anastasiya Pakatashkina, Aliaksandr Ihnatsiuk and Nadzeya Laptsionak.
Three new godparents for political prisoners in Belarus from Finland, Latvia and Germany
Within the framework of our #WeStandBYyou campaign, Oras Tynkkynen (Vihreä liitto, Finland), Andris Šuvajevs (PROGRESĪVIE, Latvia), and Terry Reintke (Die Grünen/EFA, European Parliament) have each taken on a symbolic godparenthood for Aliaksei Arlou, Halina Dzerbysh, and Volha Petukh.
Scottish Cabinet Secretary Neil Gray “adopts” Belarusian political prisoner Yan Papkovich
As part of our #WeStandBYyou campaign Neil Gray (Scottish National Party) is taking on a godparenthood for Yan Papkovich. Neil Gray’s support sends a strong message: Belarusian political prisoners are not forgotten.
Writing letters to prison: How to support Ukrainians in Russian captivity
More than 16,000 Ukrainian civilians are unlawfully held in prisons across Russia and in occupied territories. Since the start of its full-scale invasion in 2022, Russia has intensified its repression of Ukrainian citizens in the occupied territories. However, politically motivated persecution began much earlier — following the annexation of Crimea and the war in eastern Ukraine in 2014.
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