International Association Civic Belarus

The International Association Civic Belarus was established in 2004 in order to support democratic initiatives and diverse ways of developing civil society and free media in Belarus. The Association strives to support NGOs in Belarus, including those civic initiatives that have been deprived of the ability to operate legally by the regime of Alexander Lukashenka.

Civic Belarus is also one of the supporters of European Radio for Belarus and Belarusian Human Rights House in Vilnius.

Members of the association:

Václav Havel, Former President of the Czech Republic

Petr Bratský, Senator of the Czech Parliament

Jan Ruml, head of the board of Respekt Institute, former Minister of Interior and Senator

Marek Svoboda, Head of Center for Human Rights and Democracy, People in Need

Petruška Šustrová, translator and journalist

Jaromír Štětina, Senator of the Czech Parliament, originally a journalist

Martin Vidlák, head of office of President Václav Havel