MARA - Vereniging van Belarusen in Nederland

We are Belarusians living in the Netherlands who stand for the formation and development of our Belarusian identity. We are MARA. (the account of the People's Embassy of Belarus in NL is now called 'MARA'). Follow us: @BelarusinNL belarusians.nl/nl

Ons X-account (voorheen Twitter) is door het Loekasjenko-regime toegevoegd aan de lijst met ‘extremistische materialen’ - t.me/viasna96/31557. Zorg goed voor uw veiligheid.

Наш твітак акауўнт быў дададзены да спісу “экстрэмісцкіх матэрыялаў” - t.me/viasna96/31557. Калі ласка клапаціцеся аб сваёй бяспецы

Meet with @Tsihanouskaya 14th of January in Den Haag! More info on our website: belarusians.nl/nl/events/sust…

Politiek Café: Solidair met Oekraïne. 19:00 uur. Donderdag 19 oktober. The Lighthouse, Haagse Hogeschool (Johanna Westerdijkplein 75, Den Haag). foundationmaxvanderstoel.nl/agenda/politie…

1️⃣4️⃣8️⃣9️⃣prisonniers politiques actuellement au Bélarus. Ne les oublions pas. Un jour, un visage, un parcours ⚪️🔴⚪️ Aujourd’hui, Mikhail Lapunou , détenu depuis le 8 août 2023 car il a osé s’opposer au régime criminel de Lukashenka. Une vie brisée❗️👇🏻 Mikhail Lapunou est le père du prisonnier politique Mikita Zalatarou. Mikhail a été arrêté le 8 août 2023 et condamné à 15 jours d'arrestation en vertu de l'art. 19.11 du Code des infractions administratives (distribution de matériel extrémiste). Après la première arrestation, il n'a pas été libéré et a été condamné en vertu du même article à 15 jours supplémentaires, puis à 15 jours de plus. Le 22 septembre 2023, le jour de sa libération après avoir purgé sa troisième arrestation administrative consécutive, Mikhail a de nouveau été reconnu coupable d'avoir commis une infraction et envoyé au centre de détention pour la quatrième fois. Distribuer des informations contre le régime = délit = prison Mikhail Lapunou est un prisonnier politique, ne l’oublions pas. Source : Viasna Human Rights Center

🚨 Urgent: 2022 Charlemagne Prize Laureate and #Belarus|ian political activist Maria @by_kalesnikava has been detained for 3+ years. No communication for 4+ months and rising health concerns post-surgery. Sign the appeal & share: freemaria.de #freemaria #HumanRights

DAY 538 of 1493 of my daily photo commitment to #Belarus prisoners: PAVEL SAKALOU, serving 4.5 years for creating/moderating several opposition Telegram channels. Charged with “Training or other preparation for participation in mass riots” & “Creation of an extremist formation”

Today human rights defender & Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski turns 61 in prison. He never ceased his battle for human rights & we must persist in our fight for his freedom. I send my warmest birthday wishes to him & hope that he will soon be reunited with his family.

DAY 539 of 1487 of my daily photo commitment to #Belarus political prisoners: RUSLAN SLUTSKI, serving 11 YEARS for trying to disable railway tracks & for throwing homemade metal spikes on the highway in front of cars participating in a pro-government rally #FreeBelarus

Discrimination on the basis of usage of the Belarusian language has reached a catastrophic scale. 77.8% of Belarusians faced restrictions in the use of it, and 88% faced special attitude when using the Belarusian language in Belarus! BISS data

DAY 537 of 1493 of my daily photo commitment to #Belarus political prisoners: ANATOL SASHUNOU, serving 4 YEARS for… “extremist chats”… online. Also placed on KGB “terrorist list”… for chats. Online. #FreeBelarus

DAY 535 of 1500 of my daily photo commitment to #Belarus political prisoners: DZIANIS SALMANOVICH, serving 10 YEARS for protest, “Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to national security”, “creation of/participation in ‘extremist formation’”, “threat to commit... terrorism”

Алесь Бяляцкі атрымаў прэмію ў намінацыі «Асоба года» Уручэнне ўзнагароды адбылося 19 верасня ў Варшаве. Яе перадалі праваабаронцы «Вясны» Алене Лапцёнак. Прэміяй «Залатыя лаўры» адзначаюць асобаў, установы ды кампаніі за грамадскую і сацыяльна-культурніцкую дзейнасць. Сёлета яе ўручылі Бяляцкаму – за «барацьбу за свабоду, дэмакратыю і грамадзянскія правы ў Беларусі». Нагадаем, што Алесь Бяляцкі ў снежні 2022 года быў узнагароджаны Нобэлеўскай прэміяй міру. Лукашэнкаўскі рэжым засудзіў праваабаронцу на 10 гадоў турмы.

On September 19, 1991, the Parliament declared the national symbols of the Belarusian people to be the state symbols of the Republic of Belarus. Despite the ban on national symbols following the establishment of a pro-Russian fascist dictatorship in 1995/96, in 2020 millions of Belarusians demonstrated for the restoration of democracy with national flags.

Kalinouski Regiment held an action on the border with the Republic of Belarus dedicated to the Day of the National Flag. Soliders of the Regiment together with volunteers launched a huge flag into the sky. The flag flew in the direction of Belarus.