The Lukashenko's regime’s brutal crackdown on civil society in Belarus continues, with around 1,500 political prisoners currently held in prisons. in solidarity with political prisoners and their family members in Belarus,
In January 2021, an international platform of non-governmental organisations was launched to collect, consolidate and preserve, in line with the United Nations standards, information and evidence on systematic violations of human rights committed by the Lukashenko regime in Belarus.
Leading the platform is a Denmark-based international NGO Dignity (Danish Institute Against Torture), which works closely with the Belarusian civil society organisation Viasna. Other members of the consortium are a London-based NGO Redress and the International Committee for the Investigations of Torture in Belarus.
The International Accountability Platform for Belarus has been supported by a number of countries such as Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, as well as the European Union.
