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Last week, two labour activists from Naftan oil refinery were detained by Belarusian security service KGB on charges of undermining national security. The detained Volha Britikava and Aliaksandr Kukharonak have already spent short stints in jail for criticising Lukashenka’s government and (...)
Otwock is a town of forty thousand inhabitants thirty kilometres from Warsaw. Sergei Dylewski’s family settled here not so long ago. In the summer of 2020, the man, who at that time was a thermist at MTZ, became one of the most famous workers in Belarus. For his civic position, he was left (...)
Two trade union leaders from the giant Naftan oil refinery in Belarus were arrested on Friday, human rights organisations said.
Olga Britikova, former head of the independent trade union organisation at the factory, and Aleksandr Kukharenok, a member of the strike committee formed in 2020, (...)
Lukashenka’s role as an unlikely peace broker during Wagner’s failed rebellion has brought him both hope and danger
The Wagner group’s abortive ‘march on Moscow’ last month gave Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenka a unique opportunity to strengthen his position in relation to the Kremlin (...)
Belarusian civil society activists in exile in the EU need support, not restrictions and misperceptions
Belarusian activist Ann* fled her homeland for Ukraine in 2021 after her community collective was shut down by the state, along with 1,180 other non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that (...)
Deal with allied neighbour will not violate non-proliferation agreements, Putin says
Russia has reached an agreement with Belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its smaller neighbour’s territory, so bringing some of its arsenal closer to the rest of Europe, Vladimir Putin has said. (...)
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus has updated the list of persons considered “extremists”. Another 28 people have been added to it. Among them is Yanina Malash, deputy chairman of the Free Trade Union of Metalworkers (SPM).
On 10 February the Ministry of Internal (...)
How has Russia’s war on Ukraine been received in Belarus? What organizational methods is the Belarusian left using under conditions of total control? In this report Belarusian activists analyse the situation in the country
A general overview of the situation
The key event in the social and (...)
The Belarusian regime is threatening “railway partisans”, arrested for sabotaging signalling equipment to disrupt the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with the death sentence.
Criminal investigators have passed a file on the first three cases – Dzmitry Ravich, Dzianis Dzikun and Aleh Malchanau (...)
For months, Belarusian activists have been damaging railroads to hinder Russia’s army. Now they could face the death penalty.
In May 2022, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a law making any attempt to commit a terrorist attack punishable by death — and terrorism is exactly (...)
Three Belarusians are about to go on trial, with the Belarusian Investigative Committee having already labelled them ‘traitors’ and threatened the death penalty. The three men are all recognized political prisoners who may very well have taken part in the courageous actions which helped (...)
Opponents of the Lukashenka regime can now be threatened with the death penalty, including for ‘attempted terrorism’
A campaign of mass political repression has been going on in Belarus for almost two years now. The scale is unprecedented: there are now more than 1,200 political prisoners, (...)
Dear compatriots, dear workers !
Russia’s war against Ukraine has been going on for over a month. Since the beginning of the war, Belarus has sided with Russia. Its troops are entering Ukraine from our territory, rockets are being launched, planes are taking off. And the more Belarus gets (...)
Some trade unionists are in the KGB pre-trial detention centre, others are under a non-disclosure agreement. Bukhvostov, 80 years old, president of the Belarusian Free Trade Union SPB is in hospital.
According to preliminary, and perhaps incomplete, data, by the evening of 22 April, 19 (...)
21 September, 2021. The pressure on IndustriALL affiliate Belarusian Independent Trade Union has dramatically increased in the last days. Union leaders and activists have been arrested, fined, and their homes have been searched.
Today in Navapolatsk, the house of Volha Brytsikava, local BITU (...)
The repression against the free trade unions in Belarus has escalated seriously. Today, 19th of April the leadership of the confederation Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Union (BKDP) has been arrested: At least 13 are in detention, including President Aliaksandr Yarashuk and (...)
In the aftermath of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the Executive Committee of the Congress of Democratic Trade Unions of Belarus stated: “We wish to assure you, dear Ukrainians, that the vast majority of Belarusians, including workers, condemn the reckless actions of the present (...)
Former employees arrested for ‘extremist activities’, fuelling fears for conservationists’ safety and the future of protected areas
One of the oldest and largest wildlife NGOs in Belarus is being forced to shut down after accusations of “extremist activities”, as conservationists warn of (...)
Chatham House published results of their online surveys on Belarus’s participation in Russia’s invasion in Ukraine. Without having access to the raw data and without being able to cross-tabulate, I can assume the following. The public opinion is pretty fragmented. There is a core (appr. 1/3) (...)
The ILO Committee of Experts calls on the government of Belarus to restore the rights and freedoms of workers without delay. It urges the government to take measures for the release of all trade unionists who remain in detention and for dropping of all charges related to participation in (...)
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