103 years ago, on this day in Minsk, in the building of the city theater (now the Yanka Kupala theater), the Belarusian People's Republic was announced. It did not last long, but it became a loud statement of our people about their place on the map of Europe.
Today Belarusians all over the world are celebrating Freedom Day. We believe that this year our country will become free. Belarusians deserve it like no one else.
"A Country to Live in" foundation is at the forefront of the fight against the Lukashenko regime. Our goal is to build a real country for life, a state governed by the rule of law, where laws are equal for everyone, without exception, and are not interpreted in favor of one person or clan. You can do your part to defeat the dictator.
Legal default has come in Belarus. The courts have not been truly independent of the president before, but after the events of the summer and autumn of last year, they completely lost even the illusion of objectivity. Another consequence of the legal default is the large number of people convicted on political charges. The courts are now churning out sentences in batches - people are sent to prisons for long terms on the most absurd reasons.
For three months (from December 5, 2020, to March 5, 2021), a shelter for refugees from Belarus worked in Vilnius with "A Country to Live in" foundation support. Let's sum up the results of his work.
The court of the Moskovsky district of Brest began to consider the "Pinsk case". 14 people are being tried for participation in the riots, all of them are recognized as political prisoners.
