Online solidarity marathon “We care!” to be held on July 29. Proceeds to support political prisoners and their families

The ini­tia­tive was pro­posed by Vol­ha Har­buno­va, Com­mis­sion­er for Social Pol­i­cy of the Unit­ed Tran­si­tion­al Cab­i­net of Belarus, and her team.

Dona­tions will be col­lect­ed dur­ing the online event, which will be broad­cast simul­ta­ne­ous­ly on many inde­pen­dent YouTube chan­nels from 10 am to 10 pm time on July 29.

Pro­ceeds will be dis­trib­uted to funds, ini­tia­tives and orga­ni­za­tions that help polit­i­cal pris­on­ers and their fam­i­lies.

The orga­niz­ers urge view­ers of the marathon in Belarus to take secu­ri­ty pre­cau­tions: avoid shar­ing, lik­ing and com­ment­ing on the broad­cast from your per­son­al accounts, and donate mon­ey only from for­eign bank accounts.

More than 20 inde­pen­dent media out­lets, includ­ing Bel­sat TV, Euro­ra­dio, Zerka­lo, Zvy­cha­jny Ranak, RFE/RL, Radio Unet, Coun­try for Life, as well as the Belaru­sian Inves­tiga­tive Cen­ter, Brest­skaya Gaze­ta, Malan­ka Media, Medi­a­zona, Nasha Niva, Radio Rat­cy­ja, Sal­i­dar­nast, BPN/Pozirk, Hrod­na. Life, Kyky.org, Nex­ta, Reform.by, Tribuna.com and oth­ers.

BAJ will also par­tic­i­pate in the marathon. We also use this oppor­tu­ni­ty to remind of the marathon in sol­i­dar­i­ty with the jour­nal­ists of Belaru­sian polit­i­cal pris­on­ers, which start­ed in May in Vil­nius.

Ger­many, Swe­den, Fin­land, Den­mark and oth­er coun­tries have already joined the action.

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