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For displaying two flags in 2022 — the white-red-white flag and the Ukrainian flag — Kateryna Zaretskaya was sentenced to 5 years in a correctional facility. After being deported first to Ukraine and then to Poland, Katya faced the consequences of the hard labour she endured in the correctional facility — hernias and a spinal disc protrusion. She needs help paying for a rehabilitation course to preserve her health and ability to work.

Katya Bartko applied for asylum in the United States because of political persecution in Belarus. As a result of a wrongful arrest, she ended up in an immigration detention centre, without the life-saving medication she needs, and came within a hair's breadth of death. Her partner Dmitry is asking for help to free her from detention with the assistance of lawyers and prevent her deportation to Belarus.

In March this year, former political prisoner Denis was forcibly deported to Lithuania after a group of political prisoners was released. Since then, the Belarusian has been rebuilding his life in exile. To become financially independent, he needs to gain a new profession, and while he studies, he needs to cover housing, food, and treatment for dermatitis.

Nikita Zolotarev was arrested at the age of 16, after which he ended up in intensive care and then in a remand centre. He spent almost six years behind bars in a juvenile correctional facility and prison, where he was beaten, tortured, and denied the necessary medication for epilepsy. In March 2026, Nikita was forcibly deported from the country to Lithuania.

Because of political persecution and subsequent deportation from Belarus without documents, Maksim* was separated from his family for many long months. He needs help bringing his family to Lithuania and reuniting with them.

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