Torture seeks to annihilate the victim’s personality and denies the inherent dignity of the human being. Torture is a crime under international law.
26 June is the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
Belarus Women’s Foundation is against the use of any sort of torture. As a part of our fight against tortures in Belarus, we filed a case against Lukashenka in the International court in The Hague.
Video by BWF: extracts from interviews with Belarusian women testifying to torture taking place in Belarus
If you have additional testimony of torture, please submit a contact form on our website and we will add it to our case:
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We demand a fair trial of everyone involved in the torture of innocent Belarusians. To stop and bring to justice the criminal #1 in Belarus, the democratic forces of Belarus announced the fundraising of $11,000,000 to arrest Lukashenka:
"Torturers must never be allowed to get away with their crimes, and systems that enable torture should be dismantled or transformed”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres.