Blacklisted by Belarusian
intelligence services, human rights activist Olga Karatch
relaunched her battle at the Pesaro Urbino Province
headquarters: 'In my country, there is only terror. For 30
years, Lukashenko has taken power; he is not leaving it: dozens
of people are arrested daily.
After the 2020 protests, the repressions continue."
Repeatedly imprisoned by the regime and declared a
"terrorist" nine times, Karatch, winner of the Langer Prize
2023, carries on her nonviolent denunciation through the
organization she founded, Our House: "Two thousand people are
helped on the economic side, and with payment of legal fees and
food. Our efforts are represented by the campaign 'No means No,'
against conscription into Lukashenko's army for Belarusians who
do not want to go to war." The request to Europe is to "create a
humanitarian corridor to get 5-10 thousand people out of the
country to Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia".
This operation could make things easier for those who do not
want to fight against their neighbors." Giuseppe Paolini,
president of the Province of Pesaro and Urbino, says: "Olga is a
girl who has been tortured, is in exile (in Vilnius, ed.),
fighting against abuse and for freedom. We hope everyone will
take a seed from her testimony and make it sprout. We thank the
Langer Foundation, which chose our province for the first
Italian stage of Karatch's tour after the Roman ceremony."
Marco Vitali (Amnesty International), Luciano Benini (School
of Peace), and Mauro Bozzetti (Lupus in Fabula) also spoke at
the event, organized as part of 'Euromediterranea' by the
Province and Lupus in Fabula, in collaboration with the Pesaro
Group of Amnesty International and the Carlo Urbani School of
Peace.
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