For taking part in the protests, the entire family of Alexandra* was convicted, and her children were forced to leave the country. Due to her age, the woman could not emigrate and has been left completely alone.
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A 66-year-old retiree from Minsk, participant in the 2020 protests, after arrest, home confinement and extraction to Poland, is now in urgent need of support. He has been diagnosed with cancer and requires costly medical consultations, support, and treatment.
Oleg* — a participant in the 2020 protests, faced political persecution and violence from law enforcers, fled to Poland, where he had to prove to Interpol that he was wanted in his homeland on political grounds. He is now in urgent need of support due to health problems and lack of work.
Aleksandr, father of six children, an environmental activist and a skilled stove-maker with extensive experience, was extracted after three and a half years of detention. He needs help to start his stove-making business in Lithuania.
A group of Belarusian volunteers in Ukraine works with UAVs and is raising funds for an electric bike to enable fast and safe trips on the front.
The politician was imprisoned twice, the second time sentenced to 2.5 years under the “people’s” Article 342 of the Criminal Code of Belarus. He was released in July 2024 and left Belarus that autumn due to the threat of another arrest.
Aliaksandr spent three weeks hiding in the forest from law enforcers before the BYSOL extraction service helped him escape. Now he is in Poland with his family, awaiting a decision on international protection, and needs support to start life from scratch.
Anna’s two sons were detained on the same day in October – for an entire day she didn’t know where her children were. Now both are in a remand centre, accused of taking part in the protests.
A man from Minsk joined the protests, was wounded by a stun grenade, spent five years in a correctional facility, immigrated to Poland, and now urgently needs support.