Fundraising to support the repressed Belarusians

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Sergei Antonov is a Belarusian journalist and fiction writer. In November 2023 the portal Mogilev.media, where the man worked, was recognized as an extremist formation. With the help of the BYSOL team, Sergei was urgently evacuated from Belarus, but now he needs help.

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“Deprivation of liberty will be a death sentence for me,” — these are the words of one of the Belarusian pensioners in the courtroom. “It would be better if they killed me in the deep forest,” relatives relay the words of another pensioner from the detention center.

We have created a charity campaign to help former political prisoners to restore their health after spending time in inhumane conditions of Belarusian prisons and reception centers. Their mental and physical state has suffered greatly and now people need support to improve their health.

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We create postcards and merch with drawings from the letters of political prisoners. All funds raised go to transfers to political prisoners through the Dissidentby initiative.

“Maysternya Pashtovak Salidarnasci” is a volunteer support service for prisoners with letters and solidarity cards. We create postcards, handwrite your online letters from anywhere in the world and send them to prisoners with the opportunity to receive a response by e-mail.

The levy is opened to help the BELPOL organization grow, expand its capacity, and support its participants and partners.

The levy is opened to help the BELPOL organization grow, expand its capacity, and support its participants and partners.

We offer you to participate in the creation of the new album of the Belarusian reggae band BOTANIC PROJECT. In 2021 the soloists of the project left Belarus, fleeing from the repression of Lukashenko's regime to Kiev.

“Volnyja” is an initiative in helping the former Belarusian politician prisoners. We help Volnyja to receive full support and to get back to a normal life, connecting people who want to help and those who need support after being released from prison.

Fund´s statistics

As of August 14, 2022

  • 1218 people received aid in emergency relocation
  • 1361 dismissed people were supported
  • 504 fundraisers posted on the website
  • 368 families of political prisoners received aid
  • 25+ initiatives supported by BYSOL
  • 114 veterans received aid
  • 226 courtyard applications received aid
  • 14 strike committees received aid

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