How can human rights survive and thrive in the 21st century? Which mechanisms can we create to make states and large corporations respect the fundamental rights of citizens? What can global civil society do today?
International Partnership for Human Rights presents the Human Rights Survival Guide - a series of podcasts aimed at tackling these questions. The IPHR team will interview experts, HRDs, journalists and civic activists to discuss how you, your local NGO, your state can use existing human rights instruments and principles to empower, to protect, and to bring perpetrators to justice.
How to survive in hell: Belarusian prison reality guide (part 3)
One moment you stand up for your people's right to democracy and freedom, the next you are sentenced to 15 days of detention. Unimaginable? Not in Belarus.
This is the story of a woman who lived through that experience twice, and wrote a survival guide to Belarusian prison. In this third episode, you'll hear advice on how to stay relatively sane during detention.
The third episode covers 15 days of detention: psychological hygiene, organisation of everyday life, rituals and pastimes, and liberation.
If you want to learn more about the Belarusian struggle for freedom, you might find Aliaksei Paluyan's 2021 documentary 'Courage' (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14035258/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_7) and Krzysztof Lukaszewicz's 2013 drama 'Viva Belarus' (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2723138/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_t_1) interesting.
Find out how you can support and express solidarity:
Write a letter (https://spring96.org/en/news/101367) to a political prisoner: https://spring96.org/en/news/101367 (https://spring96.org/en/news/101367)DissidentBY (https://dissidentby.com/en): https://dissidentby.com/en (https://dissidentby.com/en), a non-profit initiative supporting political prisoners.BY_help (https://www.belarus97.pro/eng): https://www.belarus97.pro/eng (https://www.belarus97.pro/eng), a civic campaign supporting dissidents and their families.Politvyazynka: https://m.facebook.com/100085144390317/ (https://m.facebook.com/100085144390317/) https://instagram.com/politvyazynka?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= (https://instagram.com/politvyazynka?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=), an activist's project highlighting female political prisoners.
Learn more about the Akrestsina pre-trial detention centre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okrestina (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okrestina)
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12 Jun 2023
How to survive in hell: Belarusian prison reality guide (part 2)
One moment you’re standing up for freedom and democracy, the next you’re sentenced to 15 days’ detention. Unimaginable? Not in Belarus.
This is the story of a woman who lived through that experience twice and transformed it into a guide to surviving Belarusian prison.
This is the second episode of the mini-series, covering arrest and trial.
If you want to learn more about Belarus’ struggle for freedom, you may enjoy Aliaksei Paluyan's 2021 documentary 'Courage' (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14035258/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_7) and Krzysztof Lukaszewicz's 2013 drama 'Viva Belarus' (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2723138/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_t_1).
Also, read the today's statement by international and Belarusian rights groups calling to end the ill-treatment of Maria Kalesnikava and all the other political prisoners: https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/12/belarus-stop-ill-treatment-opposition-politician (https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/12/belarus-stop-ill-treatment-opposition-politician)
Want to support the cause and express your solidarity? Here are some ways you can do that:
Write a letter (https://spring96.org/en/news/101367) to a political prisoner: https://spring96.org/en/news/101367 (https://spring96.org/en/news/101367)
DissidentBY (https://dissidentby.com/en): https://dissidentby.com/en (https://dissidentby.com/en), a non-profit initiative supporting political prisoners.
BY_help (https://www.belarus97.pro/eng): https://www.belarus97.pro/eng (https://www.belarus97.pro/eng), a civic campaign supporting dissidents and their families.
Politvyazynka: https://m.facebook.com/100085144390317/ (https://m.facebook.com/100085144390317/) and https://www.instagram.com/politvyazynka/ (https://www.instagram.com/politvyazynka/), an activist project highlighting female political prisoners.
Learn more about the Akrestsina pre-trial detention centre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okrestina (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okrestina)
Belarusians singing ‘Peremen’ by Kino, which became the anthem of the democratic opposition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMdrQvQRFzM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMdrQvQRFzM)
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19 May 2023
How to survive in hell: Belarusian prison reality guide (part 1)
One moment you’re standing up for freedom and democracy, the next you’re sentenced to 15 days’ detention. Unimaginable? Not in Belarus.
This is the story of a woman who lived through that experience twice and used that experience to write a guide to surviving Belarusian prison. In this first episode, you'll hear how to prepare for detention because, sadly, in Belarus, ordinary citizens can become political prisoners at any given moment.
If you want to learn more about Belarus’ struggle for freedom, you may enjoy Aliaksei Paluyan's 2021 documentary 'Courage' (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14035258/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_7) and Krzysztof Lukaszewicz's 2013 drama 'Viva Belarus' (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2723138/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_t_1).
Here are some ways you can support the cause and express your solidarity:
Write a letter (https://spring96.org/en/news/101367) to a political prisoner: https://spring96.org/en/news/101367 (https://spring96.org/en/news/101367)
DissidentBY (https://dissidentby.com/en): https://dissidentby.com/en (https://dissidentby.com/en), a non-profit initiative supporting political prisoners.
BY_help (https://www.belarus97.pro/eng): https://www.belarus97.pro/eng (https://www.belarus97.pro/eng), a civic campaign supporting dissidents and their families.
Politvyazynka: https://m.facebook.com/100085144390317/ (https://m.facebook.com/100085144390317/) and https://www.instagram.com/politvyazynka/ (https://www.instagram.com/politvyazynka/), an activist project highlighting female political prisoners.
Learn more about the Akrestsina pre-trial detention centre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okrestina (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okrestina)
To avoid missing out on the remaining survival guide chapters, subscribe to our podcast and automatically have new episodes appear in your feed.
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