If you have been repressed, we recommend you to collect evidence of this now to expedite the future review of your case by the National Rehabilitation Commission. And how to do it correctly, we suggest learning from our cards.
Let us also recall the request to the repressed to share their stories with us. This will help us develop a digital platform where data on victims will be accumulated. Tell us about your case — write to us at Justice@belarus-nau.org. We guarantee you anonymity and confidentiality, and you can find instructions at this link.
Store originals and photocopies of documents where they will not be lost, even during a hypothetical search.
Here are some of the human rights organizations working in Belarus:
- "Viasna"
- Belarusian Helsinki Committee
- Kamitet "Salidarnasts" (for political prisoners)
- Belarusian Association of Journalists (for employees of the media and online publications)
- "Studentskaya Rada" (for students)
- Independent trade union REP (for its members)
In addition, you can report the measures of excessive physical pressure against you to the organization"Human Rights Defenders Against Torture".
Exchange contacts with like-minded people. Their help can be invaluable, including in the process of your rehabilitation.
According to the law, the court is not obliged, but it has the right to accept as evidence even an audio recording made without the knowledge of all persons participating in the conversation, and in New Belarus it will have additional motivation to restore justice.
All of the above applies equally to video recordings.
Remember also that an SMS, messenger message or a call from a person posing as a law enforcement or judicial officer does not replace a subpoena and that you are not required by law to respond to such messages and calls.
In addition, digital content can be uploaded to the cloud, which only you and people you trust will have access to. As an additional security measure, you can create a new account for this purpose, which you will not use on a daily basis.
All of this will come in handy for applying for a digital platform for the formation of cases of victims of repression, and for the consideration of your case by the National Rehabilitation Commission, and at court hearings.
Justice will certainly prevail, and it will happen very soon!
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