– In an open letter to authorities, film festivals, organizations and institutions expressed their concern about the arrest of the director of the Belarusian festival.
The world film community has expressed shock and concern over the arrest of Belarusian cultural activist and human rights defender Tatsiana (Tania) Hatsura Yveska. The director International Film Festival WATCH DOCS Belarus On 5 April in Minsk with several other human rights defenders.
An open letter to Belarusian authorities Human Rights Film Network, International filmmaker alliance in jeopardy, European Film AcademyIn addition to film festivals, film networks, institutions and organizations around the world are calling for the release of Hatsura Yveska and other human rights defenders who are deprived of their freedom.
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Florence SantucciMembers of the Board of Directors of the Human Rights Film Network and director of the International Human Rights Film Festival in Buenos Aires said: “We urge the Belarusian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release their colleague Tatsiana Hatsura-Yashka and other human rights defenders. And end the legal process of their persecution. “A partnership between The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, the International Federation for Human Rights and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) issued an urgent appeal condemning the arrest and demanding the release of Hatsura Yeska and others . Defenders.
Open Letter Text:
We, undersigned representatives of human rights film networks and film festivals around the world, call upon the authorities of the Republic of Belarus to immediately and unconditionally release Tatsiana Hatsura Yveska, director of the International Film Festival Wat SOCS Belarus and Zevano Educational. Non-governmental organizations and others deported human rights defenders of their freedoms.
It was with great concern that we received information that criminal proceedings had been taken against Tatsiana Hatsura Yveska. We urge the Belarusian government to respect Tatsiana Hatsura Yveska’s right to freedom of expression and personal freedom. Hatsura-Yvorska has made significant contributions to Belarusian culture and shares worldwide to promote our global film community, which includes Watch Docs Belarus. The WATCH DOCS International Human Rights Film Festivals in Belarus – belongs to the family of the Human Rights Film Network.
We will not forget our dear colleague Tatsiana.
We express our solidarity with the Tatsiana family. The following list is still open for further signatures from film festivals, film networks and film institutions. For those wishing to sign, please write [email protected]
Human Rights Film Network
International filmmaker alliance in jeopardy
European Film Academy
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Rotterdam International Film Festival
Documentary Association of Europe
Filmmaker – Cannes
European Film Funding
European Audiovisual Network (EWA)
Latvian Association of Filmmakers
Documentarfilmintightle
International Documentary Film Association
Maduki, Ungarishr Documentarfilmverband
Independent Filmmakers Association (OFF)
Scottish Documentary Institute
1905 International Human Rights Film Festival, Hong Kong
Fiesta International Human Rights Film Festival, Philippines
Bergen International Film Festival
Censor Film Festival, Peru
Documents for Human Rights UA International Documentary Film Festival, Ukraine
Documentary Film Festival, Scotland
Film and Human Rights Festival, San Sebastian
Naples Human Rights Film Festival
Film Festival and International Forum for Human Rights (FIFDH), Switzerland
International Human Rights Film Festival, Argentina
In Sahara (Western Sahara International Film Festival)
Freedom Film Festival, Malaysia
Human Rights Nights, Italy
International Documentary Film Festival for Human Rights “Disturbing Movies”, Lithuania
International Human Rights Film Festival in Albania
Beirut Film Festival to be held for human rights
Important Film Festival, Netherlands
Smriti Sathya Nyay International Film Festival / International Film Festival
True justice, faction
Astores Social Film and Human Rights Exhibition (MOSOC), Spain
Nepal Human Rights Festival
International Human Rights Film Festival Nuremberg
Red Carpet Festival for Human Rights Films, Palestine
See the document. Human Rights at the International Film Festival, Poland
Vermont International Film Festival, USA
Verzio International Documentary Film Festival for Human Rights, Hungary
American Film Festival, Poland
CinéDOC Documentary Film Festival in Tbilisi
FID Marseille International Filmfootness
FIPADOC – International Documentary Film Festival, France
Goest – Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Germany
Berlin Film Festival for Human Rights
Krakow Film Festival
New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland
Nordic panorama film festival
One world romania
Tampere Film Festival
Tembo Documentary Film Festival, Sweden
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
When the East meets West, Italy
Real Neon International Film Festival, Switzerland
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