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Political prisoners

30.03.2021, 08:13

“Don’t be afraid to try until you succeed”

As of today, 11 people from the expanded composition of the Coordination Council and 4 from the main composition have been recognized as political prisoners. We can receive information about…

17.03.2021, 21:00

You asked how to support families of political prisoners

In the chatbot of the project «Majority Movement» @CoordinationCouncilBot you asked how to support relatives of political prisoners. The dissidentby.com project collects information about the families of political prisoners and…

13.03.2021, 18:00

How to support Belarusians who starve to defend their rights

Three prisoners, Igor Losik, Igor Banzer, and Dmitry Furmanov, are on hunger strike in the remand centers. Igor Losik has declared a second hunger strike, this time a dry one.…

09.03.2021, 20:14

Challenge #ГонюзаЗнака. Let’s run the IronMan distance for Maxim Znak

Maxim several times a year has crossed the «Iron Man» distance, and that is 226 kilometers: 180 kilometers by bicycle, almost 4 kilometers swimming, and a marathon distance of 42…

17.02.2021, 19:00

Court trials that shouldn’t have been

Today and all week pass «court trials», which should not have happened in the state where the law works. – These cases are an order from a power that can’t…

12.02.2021, 11:50

New charges have been brought against Maria Kalesnikava and Maxim Znak

The court accuses Maria and Maxim now also of «conspiracy to seize power» and «creation of extremist formation and leadership of it». Previously, they had been charged with publicly calling…

21.01.2021, 16:30

37 days of hunger strike. 3 simple ways to support Igor Losik

Igor Losik, the author of the telegram channel «Belarus’ golovnogo mozga», wrote the truth about what is happening in the country. He was arrested for it. Igor was accused of…

15.01.2021, 20:00

They judge them eight times and take them to the army. About pressure on young activists

This week the two-month period of detention of young people and girls from «Association of Belarusian students» (ABS) detained on «black Thursday» on November 12th has ended. All five were…

14.01.2021, 15:12

Members of the Press Club and member of the Coordination Council Ksenia Lutzkina were recognized as political prisoners

Today, five people were detained on the “Press Club Case”, including a member of the CC Ksenia Lutskina. They were recognized as political prisoners. In 2020, according to the Belarusian…

11.01.2021, 16:44

The number of political prisoners in Belarus and in the world

According to the data of the human rights center «Viasna», today in Belarus 169 political prisoners. Belarus surpasses several larger States in the number of political prisoners. Human rights organizations…

07.09.2020, 17:48

Statement of the Coordination Council on Abductions, Violence, and Intimidation

During the past month we have seen brutal detentions of activists, participants of peaceful protests and bystanders, students, residents of the Minks tractor factory village, residents of the city of…

01.09.2020, 17:59

Press release on the detention of Liliya Vlasova

On the afternoon of August 31, the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee of Belarus detained Liliya Vlasova, a renowned Belarusian lawyer and member of the Presidium of…