Watch the powerful video by Margaret Atwood, Nadya from Pussy Riot, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Sir Trevor Phillips reciting a poem by #AndreiAliaksandrau. Andrei wrote this poem from prison in 2021. He remains behind bars today. Join our call to #FreeAndrei:
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Today, Belarusian journalist #AndreiAliaksandrau turns 48. His 5th birthday in prison. Performer & human rights activist, Olga Borisova knows only too well about living under a regime that silences its critics. She joins our call to #FreeAndrei:
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Today our friend and former colleague #AndreiAliaksandrau spends another birthday behind bars in #Belarus.
Watch as Margaret Atwood, Nadya from Pussy Riot, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore & Trevor Phillips come together to recite his poem.
The authorities must #FreeAndrei ⬇️
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On #WorldPoetryDay, friends and former colleagues of #Belarus journalist and human rights defender #AndreiAliaksandrau read a poem he wrote while in detention. Andrei was detained in January 2021 & sentenced to 14 years. We continue to call for his immediate release:
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During last week's magazine launch, Hanna Komar paid tribute to #Belarus journalist, human rights defender and Index colleague #AndreiAliaksandrau who just spent his 4th birthday behind bars. Hanna reads the poem #, written by Andrei in 2021, translated by Hanna and John Farndon.
As #Belarus President #Lukashenka declares himself victor of another fraudulent election, we think of #AndreiAliaksandrau, colleague, journalist and HRD, who spends another birthday behind bars. We continue calls for Andrei and all political prisoners to be immediately released.
