Valentina Tihonova

[Viasna @viasna96]

"Finally, I'm free." The first words of Valiantsin Stefanovich after his release

Viasna human rights defender, Valiantsin Stefanovich, spoke with reporters about his release, family, and desire to continue his human rights work.

https://t.co/Lyim22avZl

[#FreeViasna @FreeViasna]

⚡️Nasta Loika is free! ⚡️

Human rights defender and co-founder of Human Constanta, Nasta Loika, was sentenced to 7 years in prison for her peaceful human rights activities.
After more than 3 years behind bars, Nasta has been released and immediately forcibly removed from Belarus.

Nasta's release was the result of yet another round of negotiations between representatives of the US presidential administration and the Lukashenka regime.

[#FreeViasna @FreeViasna]

⚡️ Marfa Rabkova is free! ⚡️

The coordinator of Viasna’s volunteer service was sentenced to almost 15 years in prison for her peaceful work. In the end, she spent 5.5 years in prison.

Immediately after release, she was taken to Lithuania.

🔗 Learn more about the Viasna case: https://t.co/X8mXxAbtLk

#FreeViasna #FreeThemAll

[#FreeViasna @FreeViasna]

⚡️Valiantsin Stefanovic is free! ⚡️

The deputy chairperson of Viasna spent over 4 years and 8 months in prison for his peaceful work. He was sentenced to 9 years in prison along with his colleagues from @viasna96, Ales Bialiatski and Uladzimir Labkovich, who were released on December 13, 2025.

In detention, Valiantsin faced pressure and was recently transferred to a harsher prison regime in Mahilioŭ. After his release today, he was immediately taken to Lithuania.

🔗 Learn more about the Viasna case: https://t.co/X8mXxAbtLk

#FreeViasna #FreeThemAll

[Viasna @viasna96]

На волю выйшлі праваабаронцы Марфа Рабкова, Валянцін Стэфановіч і Наста Лойка

Марфа Рабкова знаходзілася за кратамі ў верасня 2020-га году, Валянцін Стэфановіч — з ліпеня 2021 году, Наста Лойка з кастрычніка 2022 году.

[Viasna @viasna96]

Юрыст і праваабаронца «Вясны» Павел Сапелка выказаўся пра пачатак міжнароднага расследавання па злачынствах рэжыма Лукашэнкі

«Гэта паспрыяе збору і замацаванню доказаў і далейшаму прасоўванню расследавання ў інтарэсах правасуддзя».

https://t.co/2YG4dIMLYn

[Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya @Tsihanouskaya]

Today, human rights defenders Marfa Rabkova and Nasta Loika spend their birthdays behind bars in Belarus. For Marfa, it is already the 6th birthday as a political prisoner.

Both were jailed for defending the rights of others. They must be freed and reunited with their families.

[Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya @Tsihanouskaya]

Here is a wonderful story of solidarity reported by @nashaniva. When more than a hundred Belarusian political prisoners were released and deported to 🇺🇦 last week, they were met with incredible warmth.

A young woman named Maria went to Chernihiv to help however she could ...

The first need was simple and vital: phones. So people could call their families. Hear familiar voices. Read the news. Feel human again.

Dozens of Ukrainians stepped in. Phones were brought one by one. Power banks too — because Russia’s missiles mean electricity is never guaranteed. A Kyiv electronics store stayed open for hours, helping solve the impossible.

Then another challenge emerged.

At 8 p.m., permission was finally granted to give food to the former prisoners before their long journey to the EU. Departure was at dawn.

109 people. One night. Wartime.

Maria started calling every café in Chernihiv. Who would take this on, so late, under curfew?

One place said yes.

Café “Project.”

They hesitated because supplies were low, and time was short. Then they heard who the food was for: people brought out of Belarusian prisons.

And they decided: we will do it.

They rushed to buy groceries before curfew. Cooked all night. Not sandwiches, but real food: buckwheat, cutlets, salads, fruit.

They chopped vegetables, shaped cutlets, played music, worked until 6 a.m., and delivered everything on time.

This is Ukraine.

A country under attack. Yet still feeding the freed.

Thank you to every Ukrainian who turned solidarity into action.

You did not just feed people. You reminded Belarusians what freedom and resilience feel like.
https://t.co/4sK5WWyy07

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

This morning, I spoke with political prisoners released from Belarus. I greatly value their kind words about Ukraine and Ukrainians, as well as their firm and principled stance on Russian aggression. This is important. Ukraine will continue to support everyone who helps us defend our independence and protect people’s lives.

[Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina]

Віншую беларусаў з вызваленнем значнай часткі іх палітычных вязняў. Жыве Беларусь!

[Hanna Liubakova @HannaLiubakova]

“Never give up!”
🤍❤️🤍

[Viasna @viasna96]

Алесь Бяляцкі выйшаў да людзей у Вільні

[Freedom Postcards | Belarus @v_pashtouki]

114 of 123 prisoners released today in Belarus have been deported to Ukraine.

They are finally free and can see their families 🙏 Let's hope all 1,000+ political prisoners are free soon.

Let's remember: all of them must be allowed to return home.

[Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya @Tsihanouskaya]

I am glad to confirm that all released political prisoners from Belarus have crossed the border and are now safe. Some are in Lithuania, others in Ukraine. We are grateful to 🇺🇦 and President @ZelenskyyUa for accepting them. Hopefully, all will soon be able to hug their families.

[Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina]

It's hard to believe, but Ales Bialiatski and 122 other Belarusian political prisoners are free!!

[Franak Viačorka @franakviacorka]

According to @viasna96, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski has also been released!

We welcome the release of everyone unjustly imprisoned in Belarus and are waiting for more good news today.

[Viasna @viasna96]

⚡️⚡️⚡️Ales Bialiatski is free!

The Nobel Prize laureate and an outstanding Belarusian human rights defender has been released and forcibly deported to Lithuania after 1 613 days behind bars.

[Franak Viačorka @franakviacorka]

Masha is free!

Today, Maria Kalesnikava was released from prison in Belarus. Every political prisoner must be freed.

[Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina]

Russia once again assured the UN that it wants peace, but bombed peaceful cities in Ukraine for 12 hours straight. Four people died in Kyiv, including a nurse and a patient at the cardiology institute. A whole street was destroyed in Petropavlivskyi Borshchagovka.

[Хл��пец у шортах @dolbysystem]

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