The Nobel Prize winners referred to as for US President Donald Trump and the EU leaders to “take pressing and decisive measures” to liberate all political prisoners in Belarus. Open attraction signed by 31 of the Nobel laureate is printed on the web site of the Belarusian political scientist Dmitry Bolkunts. Amongst those that signed it: author Svetlana Aleksievich, Ukrainian human rights activist Alexander Matviychuk, co -founder of Novaya Gazeta Dmitry Muratov, poetess Herth Müller and others.
“Since 2020, mass repressions have been persevering with in Belarus in opposition to residents, political activists, college students, journalists and human rights activists. Europe didn’t encounter a humanitarian disaster of such a scale brought on by political repression for the reason that totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century. Greater than 300,000 individuals had been pressured to depart the nation, 1000’s grew to become victims of torture and cruelty, ”the Nobel laureates stated in a letter.
Based on human rights activists, at current, Belarusian prisons include greater than 1,400 political prisoners, together with the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Belyatsky. “Many had been behind bars just for feedback on social networks or a subscription to channels in X, YouTube and Telegram, which emphasizes the absurdity of what’s taking place. Among the many prisoners are severely ailing and aged people who find themselves in inhuman circumstances, ”the authors of the attraction write.
We urge the Belarusian authorities to right away cease repressions and launch all political prisoners. Nobody ought to lose freedom for expression of their opinion.
We urge world leaders, public figures and all individuals of conscience to help the marketing campaign for the liberation of prisoners of conscience in Belarus. The destiny of 1000’s of individuals rely on the decisive and coordinated actions of the worldwide group.
As reported by The New York Instances, in February, the consultant of the US State Division, Deputy assistant to US Secretary of State Christopher Smith, arrived in Minsk for the primary time in 5 years. He held negotiations with Alexander Lukashenko, in line with which two Belarusian political prisoners and US citizen had been launched from prisons. Based on the publication, the subsequent step, the Donald Trump administration plans to conclude a big -scale transaction with Lukashenko to launch the Belarusian political prisoners. In alternate, quite a lot of sanctions shall be faraway from Belarus.
Over the previous few months, Alexander Lukashenko signed decrees on the pardon of greater than 200 Belarusian political prisoners. Nonetheless, as human rights activists say, on the identical time, dozens of activists had been arrested in Belarus for political causes.
