A former political prisoner was evacuated from the country after his release. He needs support to rebuild his life in exile and reunite with his family.
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Tamaz and Timur Pipiya spent more than five years in Belarusian correctional facilities. After their release, they were given three days to leave the country, or they would end up back in prison. The brothers are now in Lithuania waiting for their documents, their money has run out, and on November 4 they will be left without housing.
The chairman of the Belarusian Green Party was sentenced to six years in a correctional facility. He was forcibly taken to Lithuania, but due to lengthy paperwork procedures, Dzmitry was left without any money. He is asking for help covering rent and food expenses.
Vladislav worked on a construction site for three months to save up for his studies, but his employer never paid him. Now the young family of political emigrants is already in Warsaw and could lose their place in the Kalinowski Programme.
Alexey left Belarus after a meeting with a KGB officer who threatened him and offered him cooperation. In Poland, the student was denied international protection, and in order to pay for legal assistance and file an appeal, he went into serious debt.
The Belarusian Solidarity Centre provides legal, educational and cultural support to Belarusians in Poland. Today its work is threatened. The Centre urgently needs financial support.
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.
Andrei spent two years evacuating the wounded from the front until an illness struck him down while he was on duty. After several operations, doctors prescribed treatment at a sanatorium to help him return to service. But Andrei cannot afford to pay for it.
Taking part in peaceful protests cost Ivan, a football fan and athlete, three and a half years in one of the harshest correctional facilities in Belarus. He managed to leave the country after his release and is asking for support to cover his first few months in exile.