Belarusian tattoo artist Ilya has just undergone a heart transplant. Now, without stable housing, valid documents, or funds for vital medications, he is at risk of losing everything the operation gave him. Your support will provide him with safe shelter and the treatment he needs to recover and return to life and art.
At age 19, David Mostitski was sentenced to a long prison term in the so-called “Pinsk case.” After his release, he continued to face pressure from the regime as a former political prisoner and was forced to flee Belarus. While awaiting a decision on international protection in Poland, he is asking for support to help him get back on his feet.
In 2020, Siarhei took part in the strike of New Drama Theatre employees. In 2022, he stayed in Lithuania after an ill-fated backstage video from the set of the series Akrestsina. Now, he is forced to fight arthritis in exile.
After receiving a 4-year sentence for comments on social media, Natallia and her family were evacuated to Poland by the BYSOL team. Now living in a shelter with her three underage children, she is asking for help to start a new life in a foreign country.
A Belarusian tried to avoid arrest but ended up in prison. He recently immigrated to Poland and wants to start over – right now he needs support.
“I thought the law enforcers had forgotten about me. I was living a normal life, but overnight I had to flee Belarus. Now I’m in a refugee camp in Poland and need financial support to survive.”
Viktoria took part in the 2020 protests and later fled due to searches and the threat of a criminal case. She has already been denied asylum twice in Lithuania. Now she is asking for help not to end up on the street and to recover her health.
“I urgently need medical examinations and treatment: a gynecologist due to suspected cancer, psychological support, a dentist and an ophthalmologist, as well as medication”.
“This is it. I no longer have a brother. Sasha has passed on to a better world at the age of 46,” wrote former political prisoner Olga Klaskouskaya on her Facebook page.