Torch of Solidarity with Jailed Belarusian Journalists Passes to Copenhagen

The con­fer­ence was main­ly devot­ed to the prob­lem of depor­ta­tion of chil­dren from Ukraine. But the Belaru­sian dias­po­ra also man­aged to influ­ence the agen­da.

«The war in Ukraine is cur­rent­ly in the spot­light of the West­ern media, includ­ing the Dan­ish media,» a rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the Belaru­sian dias­po­ra invit­ed to the con­fer­ence told BAJ. «This allows the dubi­ous Belaru­sian regime to con­tin­ue vio­lat­ing human rights».

That is why Belaru­sians in many coun­tries take every oppor­tu­ni­ty to inform deci­sion-mak­ers about the ter­ri­ble sit­u­a­tion of more than 1,500 polit­i­cal pris­on­ers in Belarus.

«I only had 15 min­utes,» the speak­er con­tin­ued. «Of course, you can’t do every­thing in an hour. I drew atten­tion to a new lev­el of tor­ture: the con­di­tion of some polit­i­cal pris­on­ers — Vik­tar Babary­ka, Mikalai Statke­vich and oth­ers — is now unknown».

After the speech, the Belaru­sian par­tic­i­pant sug­gest­ed that the con­fer­ence join the marathon of sol­i­dar­i­ty with polit­i­cal pris­on­ers in Belarus, which began on May 3 in Vil­nius with a joint action of the BAJ and the Union of Jour­nal­ists of Lithua­nia.

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Sev­er­al coun­tries have already joined this effort: Nor­way, Fin­land and oth­ers.

«The Dan­ish Helsin­ki Com­mit­tee is an influ­en­tial orga­ni­za­tion in the coun­try,» said the rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the Belaru­sian dias­po­ra. «Human rights activists hold­ing por­traits of Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists are respect­ed peo­ple; their opin­ions mat­ter. Their desire to sup­port polit­i­cal pris­on­ers is not only a sign of respect».

BAJ calls on col­leagues around the world to sup­port the sol­i­dar­i­ty action!

You can print por­traits of your impris­oned col­leagues, take pic­tures with them at famous sights of your city (not in Belarus) and post them on social media with the tags #СвабодуЖурналістам and #BecauseThe­Jour­nal­ist, and also send them to us office@baj.media or intercomm@baj.media.

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