On this day, a terrible accident occurred resulting in the destruction of an entire reactor at a nuclear power plant located on the border of the Ukrainian and Belarusian SSRs.
Our hero is Vitaŭt Siŭčyk, a journalist and host of the program "Bezviz" on Belsat. Last year, Marina Kasinerova, co-founder of the organization helping political prisoners "Dissidentbay," suggested to Vitaŭt to become the guardian of a political prisoner. And he chose journalist Dzianis Ivashyn - for several reasons.
Actor Aliaksandr Zhdanovich talks about the patronage of political prisoner Ekaterina Bakhvalova (Andreeva) as part of the information campaign of our Foundation and the Dissidentby initiative "Until All are free."
At the beginning of the year, authorities labeled the INeedHelpBY initiative as extremist. Despite this, the service creators assessed all risks and decided not to stop operations. However, significant changes were made to the help mechanisms. Thus, INeedHelpBY suspended its operations in Belarus, and will concentrate on aiding individuals who have left the country due to political reasons. This was announced by the initiative on its social media platforms.
Two shelters – in Wroclaw and Batumi – are open and operate within the framework of the Emergency Humanitarian Aid Service. In total, more than a hundred people have already passed through the shelters. It is also planned to open shelters in Vilnius and Tbilisi.