”We have two days to create a media outcry in the world to hopefully stop the court in Belarus from punishing the accused with death penalty. Regardless of their guilt, it’s not okay for a country in the middle of Europe to still actively use death penalty as punishment. When a life is taken, it will never return. We are fortunate to be born in a country with freedom of expression and press freedom. With freedom comes responsibility . So let’s focus the spotlight on ”Europe’s last dictatorship” and speak for the silenced,” Sommerfeld writes.

Ales Byalyatski, the head of the belarusian human rights center Viasna stands trial in Minsk today. Why? Simply for being in charge of the human rights center Viasna. This is the reality and ”justice” in dictator Lukashenko’s society. He is threatened with 7 years in prison, and the official reasons for charging him is tax evasion/ economical crimes. By tricking [...]

Missa inte Belarusdagarna den 23-26 februari, som arrangeras av Forum Syd. Program för Belarusdagarna hittar ni här. Exempel på seminarier är: EU och Belarus, HTB i Sverige och Belarus, Press- och yttrandefrihet i Belarus, Kultur- och människorättskväll. Besökare blir bl.a. svenska ambassadören i Belarus, Stefan Eriksson, människorättsorganisationen Vjasnas ordförande Ales Bjaljatski, samt Andrej Aljaksandrau, vice ordf. i Belarus oberoende journalistförbund.