Among them are two Belarusians, Deutsche Welle reports.

These are Brest blogger Siarhei Petrukhin and Sviatlana Kupreeva, who coordinated the collection of signatures in support of Viktar Babaryka during the 2020 election campaign.

The action is called "Very important brands".

The aim of the initiative is to remind that letters to political prisoners are very supportive, and attention to their cases helps to prevent torture in prison.

The organization offers not only to write to political prisoners, but also to use stamps with portraits on envelopes.

As of June 11, Belarusian human rights activists had recognized 1,233 political prisoners.

Siarhei Petrukhin

is a Brest-based blogger, author of the YouTube channels "People's Reporter" and "Youtube-deputies".

On June 16, 2020, he was detained in a village near Pukhovichi as part of a criminal case under Art.

342 of the Criminal Code of Belarus (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order), related to the events in Hrodna on May 29.

He was later charged with new charges and sentenced to three years in prison on April 14, 2021 under 3 articles of the Criminal Code: Art.

342 (Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them), Art.

369 (Insult of a representative of the authorities), Art.

391 (Insult of Judge).

Sviatlana Kupreeva

, the daughter of the Belarusian poet Mikola Kupreeva and a close friend of the Babaryk family, coordinated the collection of signatures in support of Viktar Babaryka in one of the districts of Minsk during the election campaign.

She was detained on June 11, 2020, a week before the arrest of Viktar and Eduard Babarykau.

She spent 16 months in the "American", during which time she lost her job as an accountant.

On October 11, 2021, Sviatlana Kupreeva was remanded in custody and released.

She is accused of large-scale tax evasion.