Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by WÖLLENSTEIN Jakob
On February 25, 2024, the “single voting day” for the national parliament and local councils took place in Belarus. This was likely the least free election in the history of the nation. Politically sterile, with no opposition on the ballot or in the election commissions, Lukashenka is ushering (…)
, by Salidarnast
For almost three decades, Belarus has been a world champion in violating fundamental human rights, including the rights of workers for freedom of association. Belarus is mentioned among the 10 worst countries for workers. During the mass uprising of Belarusians against Lukashenko and his regime (…)
, by FALDIN Serge
Three years have passed since the fateful presidential vote that prompted the biggest anti-government protests in the history of Belarus. Incumbent President Aleksandr Lukashenko responded with a brutal crackdown and heading into 2021, the massive street protests faded into underground (…)
, by HANSBURY Paul
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s EU aspirations could further divide opponents to Alexander Lukashenka
At a conference in Warsaw last month, the Belarusian opposition led by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya adopted a ‘Declaration of the future membership of Belarus in the European Union’. Tsikhanouskaya (…)
, by ARTIUKH Volodymyr
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 (…)
, by DYLEVSKY Sergei, Zerkalo
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 (…)
, by PIRANI Simon
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, (…)
, by ILYASH Igor
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 (…)
, by VAZYANAU Andrei
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 (…)
, by SABBAGH Dan
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. (…)
, by Salidarnast
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 (…)
, by Belarus Green Party, VILCHIK Felix
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 (…)
, by PIRANI Simon
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 of (…)
, by PEROVA Anya
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 the (…)
, by COYNASH Halya
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 Russia (…)
, by ILYASH Igor
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, (…)
, by YARASHUK Alexander
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 (…)
, by Gazetaby
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 (…)
, by Arthur Svenssons Foundation
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 (…)
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