In 2020, massive peaceful protests began in Belarus in response to Lukashenko's fraudulent elections. They were met with extreme violence, mass arrests, torture, and ongoing human rights violations. Belarusian women have played a crucial role in this protest movement, from the elected president Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to the thousands of women protesting daily.

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These are portraits of just a few of them.

From top left to bottom right: Ka­tsi­a­ry­na­ A­ndre­y­e­va (in detention), Da­ry­a­ Chu­ltso­va­ (served 1 year 9 months 20 days), Volga Hizhynkova (served 42 days), A­la­na­ Ge­bre­ma­ri­a­m (served 2 years 19 days), Natalia Hersche (served 1 year 5 months 1 day), Nina Bahinskaya, Marfa Rabkova (in detention), Veranika Tsepkala, Sviatlana Tikhanouskaya, Maryia Kalesnikava (in detention).

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To support political prisoners in Belarus: bysol.org