On the 19th of December 2011, one year since the presidential election in Belarus, the ukrainian FEMEN activists Inna Shevchenko, Oksana Shachko and Aleksandra Nemchinova organized a flash mob and stripped topless in front of the Belarusian KGB headquarters, screaming ”Long live Belarus!” and ”Freedom to political prisoners!” They later on disappeared and their friends could not reach them on their mobile phones. According [...]

”We were shocked by the verdict. We are afraid. Vlad is not involved in this crime, they could shoot a completely innocent person, it is terrible. They lied about everything, what Fedartsov read today is not true to the preparatory stage . They turned everything into what they needed, they ignored entirely what the FSB (Russian security Service) said in [...]

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 [...]

Once again, thousands protested in Belarus on wednesday (29 of June) against the dictatorial regime. Through quiet protests in different cities all over the country, only clapping hands, people showed their disappointment with the current political and economical situation. And for clapping hands, people got brutally beaten and arrested. As you can see on the video below, also journalists were [...]

At least 450 protesters arrested in Belarus today. Photos by Anton Motolko / www.antonmotolko.com

Presidentkandidaten Ales Michalevic skrev under ett samarbetsavtal med KGB, för att kunna berätta för omvärlden om tortyren och behandlingen av politiska fångar i Europas sista diktatur, Belarus. Läs hela hans vittnesskildring där han berättar om sin politiska kampanj, hans syn på utvecklingen i landet samt om tortyren i KGB:s fängelse, på www.infobelarus.nu

Presidential candidate Ales Michalevic writes about the presidential election in Belarus 2010, the development in the country and the torture in KGB prison.

Presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov today spoke out in court about the torture in prison and the threats from KGB. This was his statement: ”They forced me to stretch my arms and legs, lean against the wall and stay like that in a cold chamber for a long time. They forced me to squat several times, even though I told them [...]

Natallya Radzina, chefredaktör för oberoende Charter97.org har flytt från Belarus, enligt information som lämnats till hennes kolleger. Den 30:e mars fick journalisten ett samtal från KGB som krävde att hon skulle infinna sig hos dem dagen därpå för ytterligare utfrågning gällande åtalet mot henne. Natallya är en av de huvudanklagade när det gäller planeringen av massdemonstrationen mot valfusket den 19 [...]

För varje dag grips fler oliktänkande och oberoende journalister. För varje dag rensar underrättelsetjänsten KGB ett nytt kontor tillhörandes en oberoende journalistbyrå, beslagtar datorer och låter ungdomar avtjäna långa fängelsestraff under fruktansvärda, inhumana förhållanden. En presidentkandidat har redan tvingats fly landet, efter att ha torterats i KGB:s fängelse. Hur länge ska förtrycket få fortsätta? Revolutionen sprider sig nu i arabvärlden. [...]