On July 9, 2021, Tatyana Ostrovskaya, a volunteer, was detained. Tatyana used to carry parcels for political prisoners in pre-trial detention center 1 and send the parcels to the guys for “chemistry,” which was the reason for the criminal prosecution.
As of this writing, only 18 days have passed since Yevgeny Chervinsky was released from prison. He is now in a refugee camp and needs help for adaptation, dental treatment, and rent.
After my release, the first deputy head of the ROVD told me that if before they were hindered by the law, now he could eliminate me and my whole family by all illegal means. Because of this our family had to urgently leave Belarus. Now we are in a difficult financial situation and we will be very grateful for support until we can get our documents drawn up and be able to find employment.
My name is Ilya Mironov, I am a volunteer and initiator of the “Write Letters!” project. Due to repression, I was forced to move to a safe place to continue my activities there, because in Belarus I was threatened with prison and forced treatment.
Prior to his incarceration, our son lived and worked in the city of St. Petersburg, but upon his arrival on vacation — he was arrested. He was in pre-trial detention, and on October 26, he was found guilty under Article 342.1, resulting in a sentence of three years of home “chemo”.
Inna Shirokaya is a mother of five children raising them alone. Inna was forced to get away from the persecution of the regime after her imprisonment, seizure of her property and becoming an extremist #1712. Now she needs support to build a life in another country.
We are a large family with seven minor children. The father and husband were convicted under Articles 369 and 130 part 1 of the “Zeltser case,” given a huge fine and almost two years in prison. Because of the need to pay the fine, our family faced great hardship.
I am a social and political activist and mother raising a child alone. I was forced to leave the country with my child because of persecution and harassment, where I received international protection. Now she has to pay the rent and get a physical exam, an MRI of the brain.
On the first day of the war, businessman Alexander donated his funds to support the AFU. After that, he was detained and convicted for “financing of terrorism”. Alexander is now forced to be in another country and needs help adapting for himself and his family.