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Threads account also labelled “extremist”
LIBERECO’s account on the social media platform Threads has now also been labelled as “extremist” by the Belarusian authorities. This has no practical implications for our work....
#WeStandBYyou: New godparents from Germany and Latvia
Holger Mann, Antoņina Ņenaševa and Sara Nanni have become godparents to political prisoners in Belarus.
250 political prisoners released
The largest mass release of long-term political prisoners in the history of independent Belarus took place on Thursday.
Lukashenko henchman granted German citizenship – while politically persecuted are pushed into asylum procedures
LIBERECO sharply criticizes German authorities for granting citizenship to the deputy director of a penal colony despite alleged human rights violations.
#WeStandBYyou: 3 New Godparents from Germany
As part of our #WeStandBYyou campaign, Carolin Wagner (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands), Ruppert Stüwe (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands), and Tina Winklmann (Bün...
#WeStandBYyou: 6 members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany become godparents
Annika Klose, Daniel Bettermann, Daniel Walter, Jens Behrens, Jürgen Coße, and Rasha Nasr have become godparents to political prisoners in Belarus.
#WeStandBYyou: New Godparents from France, Switzerland and the European Parliament
Constance Le Grip, Barbara Gysi, Cédric Wermuth and Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann have become godparents to political prisoners in Belarus.
Former Minister of Labour and Social Affairs takes on godparenthood for Mikalai Statkevich
As part of our #WeStandBYyou campaign Hubertus Heil (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, Germany) is taking on a godparenthood for the political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich...
Important changes in Germany regarding humanitarian visas
The German government has tightened the conditions for admission under Section 22.2 of the Residence Act (so-called humanitarian visas), which also affects Belarusian nationals....
All imprisoned human rights defenders must be released!
The recent mass release of political prisoners in Belarus is a necessary but insufficient step.