Political prisoner Ihar Losik ends 42 day long hunger strike
The week after midsummer 2020, Belarusian blogger and freelance journalist Ihar Losik was brutally arrested by the Belarusian secret service. Losik, 28 years old and with a newly born daughter at home, was charged with ”organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order” and brought to the Akrestsina prison. The Akrestsina prison has […]
New Amnesty Report: The crackdown on peaceful protesters in Belarus emerges
Amnesty International calls on the international community to enhance its efforts to establish mechanisms for further investigations on the ongoing brutality shown to ordinary Belarusians claiming their freedom. A report publiced by Amnesty International on the 27th of January reveals the ongoing and emerging crackdown on peaceful protesters in Belarus. The leader of democratic Belarus, […]
The impact of the covid-19 pandemic
JHS-Report-The-impact-of-the-Covid-19-pandemic With the Covid-19 pandemic our world has been thrown into a global mega crisis, and democracy and human rights have got new challenges. Countries with repressive governments have used the pandemic to achieve their political goals, restricting freedoms and fundamental rights. In the new report by the Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation, selected authors and experts […]
JHS and PDP held a campaign conference in Banja Luka
From 28 February to 1 March 2020, the Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation and the Party of Democratic Progress (PDP) held a campaign conference in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the three-day conference, PDP candidates from across the country were trained in how to successfully conduct political campaigns. The participants discussed, among other things, the use […]