The Belarusian Human Rights House and BHRH member organisations joined the #FreeSentsov international action in June.
Published: June 29, 2018Author: Belarusian Human Rights House
The goal of the action is to support the Ukrainian filmmaker sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in the Russian Federation. Oleg Sentsov has been on hunger strike since 14 May in protest against the illegal imprisonment.
The Belarusian Human Rights House calls on everyone to draw attention to the case of Oleg Sentsov. You can support the filmmaker by a post in social networks tagged #SaveOlegSentsov and #FreeSentsov.
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