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5 years of unprecedented repression in Belarus
August 2020 marked a turning point in Belarusian history: The nationwide mass protests against Alexander Lukashenko’s authoritarian regime were followed by their brutal cr...
Germany stops humanitarian visas for politically persecuted Belarusians – UPDATE
Germany has suspended all humanitarian admission procedures, including the issuance of humanitarian visas for politically persecuted persons from Belarus. The consequences are s...
Four years of arbitrary detention – the crackdown on Viasna members must end
Four years after the detention of Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovic and Uladzimir Labkovich, over 40 international human rights organisations urge the Belarusian authoritie...
#WeStandBYyou: Four new godparenthoods
Four Green politicians from Germany and Greece are taking on a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
Recent releases of political prisoners only a first step
LIBERECO welcomes the release of 14 political prisoners in Belarus. At the same time, the Berlin-based European human rights organisation reminds that over 1,000 people are stil...
#WeStandBYyou: 3 new godparents
Three MPs from the Netherlands, Latvia and Germany take on godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
What we have achieved in 2024
In our annual report, we provide detailed information about our work over the past year. This continued to be significantly influenced by Russia’s war against Ukraine and ...
#WeStandBYyou: New Godparents
Five more godparents from Scotland: Edward Mountain, Jackson Carlaw, Rachael Hamilton, Claire Baker and Kevin Stewart are taking on godparenthood.
Student Human Rights Advocacy Conference in Scotland
LIBERECO worked with students and academics from across Europe at the beginning of May, to share and support one another in their campaigns to support human rights across the wo...
Three new godparents for political prisoners 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 P...