Big thanks to @donaldtusk’s government for reopening two Polish-Belarusian border crossings on November 17. This is an important step showing that complex issues must be addressed through dialogue, not confrontation. Belarusians urgently need humanitarian connections with Europe

We strongly support you and encourage your visit to Belarus! More than 40 civil society organizations have signed a manifesto calling on Europe to take more active steps to secure the release of political prisoners. #ReleaseNow #Belarus

The weather-balloon border dispute has turned into a cycle of forceful gestures, with each side trying to demonstrate a tougher response than the other. Yet this path leads only to further escalation. It is time to shift toward de-escalation for the sake of regional security,

💬 We are waiting to see Andrzej Poczobut and other political prisoners free. We are very encouraged that Poland has joined the active efforts to secure the release of Belarusian political prisoners — and we urge you to continue: to be a role-model of turning words into action!

We strongly support you and encourage your visit to Belarus! More than 40 civil society organizations have signed a manifesto calling on Europe to take more active steps to secure the release of political prisoners. #ReleaseNow #Belarus

❗According to @viasna96, 182 political prisoners in Belarus are considered to be in a high-risk group. Among them are elderly people, individuals with chronic illnesses, single parents, families where both parents are imprisoned, as well as people with disabilities and mental

💔 Five years ago, 31-year-old artist and teacher Raman Bandarenka died in Minsk after being beaten by men believed to be plain-clothes security officers. On 11 November 2020, Bandarenka confronted individuals removing white-red-white protest ribbons in his residential

According to @dissident_tweet, at least 1,300 people remain imprisoned in Belarus on politically motivated charges, with at least 182 of them held in high-risk conditions. Act now! You can help by signing the manifesto at @releasenow_by and supporting our call to European

🇱🇹 Last week Tatsiana Khomich @TatsianaKhomich, Valer Kavaleuski @kavaleuski and Volha Harbunova visited #Vilnius, where they met with representatives of the Lithuanian government, political parties, former political prisoners, human rights defenders, and representatives of the

👉 Last week, members of the Coalition for the Release of Political Prisoners in Belarus visited Geneva during the @UN_HRC review of the human rights situation in #Belarus. They held a separate meeting with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, @volker_turk. The Coalition

Congrats to @johnpcoale on being appointed by @POTUS as the U.S. Special Envoy to Belarus. Your collaboration with @ChrisWelbySmith has already helped save the lives of hundreds of Belarusian political prisoners. Your commitment to rebuilding U.S.–Belarus relations is invaluable

❤️ Today marks the 48th birthday of Maryna Zolatava — a political prisoner and former editor-in-chief of https://t.co/CGuszkn1jG, once the largest independent online media in #Belarus. Zolatava was detained on May 18, 2021, amid a criminal case against https://t.co/CGuszkn1jG

The Release:NOW manifesto was created to show that Belarusians have a voice, a position, and a demand for action. We address members of parliament and politicians across Europe with a clear message: the current approach to freeing political prisoners isn’t working, and it must

We visited Geneva for the Universal Periodic Review of the situation of human rights in Belarus and meetings with UN officials and diplomatic corps. Grateful to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights @volker_turk for an insightful conversation. We are also thankful to

❗DID YOU KNOW? As of November 4, there are 182 political prisoners in Belarus considered to be at particular risk. Among them: • 66 with serious health problems • 37 single parents, parents of large families, or cases where both parents are imprisoned • 25 over the age of

🕊️ Today marks the 61st birthday of political prisoner Aliaksandr Feduta, a Belarusian political scientist and literary critic. He was detained in Moscow on April 12, 2021, as part of a politically motivated case over an alleged attempt to stage a coup in Belarus. On September 5,

💔 Five years ago, anarchist activist Ihar Alinevich was arrested at the Belarusian border. Today, he remains behind bars — imprisoned on politically motivated charges and sentenced to 20 years for alleged acts of arson and terrorism. Justice denied. @abcbelarus #Belarus

❗Belarusian University Lecturer Sentenced to Prison on Six Political Charges A 47-year-old lecturer from Homel State Medical University, Halina Latuhouskaya, has been sentenced to a prison term by the Gomel Regional Court on six politically motivated charges. It become known,