Honoring the Voices of the 2020 Belarusian Protests

Committed to highlighting the ongoing abuses in Belarus, on June 15, HRF partnered with Belarusian playwright Andrei Kureichik to present “Voices of the New Belarus” — a documentary film highlighting the fate of several Belarusian political prisoners and the scale of repression since the fraudulent elections in August 2020.

The film, which premiered at the 2023 Oslo Freedom Forum, consisted of 16 monologues by Belarusian political prisoners, including Maria Kolesnikova, Ales Bialiatski, Nikolai Statkevich, Marina Zolotova, and Igor Losik. It also features the voices of several actors and professors at Yale University, including scholars Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore.

HRF stands with the Belarusians bravely opposing Lukashenko’s repressive regime. We will continue supporting the victims and expand our programs to help all groups of people targeted by the government.