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Human rights defenders: "Release of political prisoners is a necessary but insufficient step"

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a partnership of FIDH and OMCT) and several human rights organizations from various countries have issued a statement regarding the release of political prisoners in Belarus on December 13, 2025. The statement indicates that the regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka released over a hundred political prisoners following an agreement with the United States to lift sanctions on Belarusian potash.

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Statement on Unacceptable Behavior and Ethics by Human Rights Defenders

In connection with the information about cases of unacceptable behavior on the part of Andrei Stryzhak, co-founder of the BYSOL Solidarity Foundation, who, according to several Belarusian activists, sent unsolicited explicit photos and committed other unsolicited sexualized acts, we, representatives of the Belarusian human rights community, declare the following.

We express our support to the victims, treat their words with seriousness and sympathy, and are grateful to those who have found the strength to speak out.

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Human rights activists call for abandoning discrimination in the future amnesty law

UPD. The House of Representatives of the National Assembly passed the draft law “On Amnesty in Connection with the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War” in two readings. The amnesty does not extend to individuals who have expressed civil dissent.

Call to action: Begin taking concrete steps to overcome the national crisis and use the amnesty as an opportunity to release individuals who have peacefully expressed civil dissent.

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Belarus: Stop the execution of Rico Krieger

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Viasna and the undersigned organizations call on the Belarusian authorities to stop the execution of German national Rico Krieger, sentenced to death in Belarus on 24 June 2024.

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Statement by the human rights community of Belarus on the death of political prisoner Vadzim Khrasko

On the night of January 8–9, 2024, 50-year-old political prisoner Vadzim Khrasko died of pneumonia in the Vitsba colony. He was taken from the colony to the hospital, but the doctors were no longer able to save him. Representatives of the Belarusian human rights community issued a joint statement on this issue.

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Rights defenders demand the release independent trade union leaders

Belarusian human rights organizations strongly protest against the repression of independent trade unions.

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