The man was sentenced to four years in prison for not being afraid to openly express his opinion in 2020. Before his arrest, the Belarusian had his own small business, but in prison his health was undermined, and his property was seized and sold to pay off debts.
My name is Elena Vasilyeva. I am a blogger, a volunteer, a person involved in political cases. «An extremist». In 2021, my car was set on fire in Kyiv — according to the investigation, the order was from the KGB. Since 2021, I have the status of a political refugee in Ukraine, I write my column in «Ukrainian Pravda».
The man has a wife and two daughters in Belarus. His wife stayed without her job, and they have no money for continuing living there. The wife and daughters decided to move to him. They need a financial support to do it.
«Although I am a medic myself, I can't help myself now after surgery on a broken collarbone: I have no insurance, I have nothing to live on». Arseny Kuzmenchuk is a paramedic-obstetrician from Brest. Before the 2020 elections, the guy worked in a hospital and ran a small blog on TikTok: he made videos about the lives of Belarusian doctors.
«The security forces told me that I was the last of the Mohicans, and that's what I'm holding on to». In September 2022, Alexander Andrushkevich swam across the Neman border with Lithuania, escaping from prison. Now he is asking for help to restore his psychological state and continue to live and work for the good of Belarus.
My name is Aleksandra Vulchinskaya. I've never been interested in politics before, but after the events of August 2020, I went out to protest. Like many, I had to leave to avoid ending up behind bars, and now I need support due to serious health problems.
The Belarusian volunteer fighter has been through war zones in Ukraine. Now he needs our help: «Your support is my chance to get back on my feet and move forward».
After his discharge from prison Dmitry was detained again for 15 days. He had to leave. Now, he, his wife, and two children are starting their lives from scratch and are asking for help.
«We are not asking for ourselves – we are collecting in order to survive and continue doing what we have consciously chosen: to be where it is most difficult and to fight for freedom – for Ukraine, Belarus and all of Europe».