A Belarusian Soldiers Commited Suicide

This is happening directly on the Belarusian border and it’s been going on all summer. The “Usovo” border outpost, officially named after V.M. Usov, who died defending it in 1941, is part of...

Prisoners for Peace in Belarus: Your Solidarity is Needed!

December 1st is the Day of Prisoners for Peace. For over 60 years, War Resisters’ International (WRI), of which the Belarusian human rights organization “Our House” is an affiliate member, has used this...

“Our House” anti-war initiatives get more than a million views: support for conscientious objectors and deserters in Belarus

Between January and June 2024, the human rights organisation Our House attracted a lot of attention with a total of 1,343,852 views across all platforms. These publications, dedicated to the anti-war activities of...

Belarusian conscientious objector Maksim Vaitkevichius has been granted political asylum in Armenia

Belarusian Maksim Vaitkevichius has been granted political asylum in Armenia, reports factor.am. Earlier he was detained at the request of the Belarusian authorities. Now, after four months behind bars, the young man has...

Lithuania persecutes human rights defenders, activists, journalists and anti-corruption investigators from Belarus

“Our House” prepared monitoring about the situation of persecution of Belarusian human rights defenders, anti-nuclear activists, journalists, anti-corruption activists, campaigns of discrediting and false accusations of cooperation with Belarusian and Russian special services...

On the Discrimination of Belarusians as an Ethnic Minority in Lithuania

MONITORING REPORT of International Centre for Civil Initiatives “Our House”. The International Center for Civil Initiatives “Our House” has prepared a report on the mass discrimination of Belarusians as an ethnic minority in...

Aleh Barshcheuski: The story of a Belarusian independent journalist and editor of several media outlets who faces up to 7 years in prison in Belarus and is threatened with deportation from Lithuania

Aleh Barshcheuski, an independent journalist and editor, is currently staying illegally in Lithuania because Lithuania has denied him political asylum on absurd grounds and according to the evidence fabricated by the Lithuanian Department...

Mikita Sviryd: The story of a Belarusian deserter in Lithuania, stuck between the threat of death penalty in Belarus and illegal refugee status in Lithuania

Mikita Sviryd, a Belarusan deserter who, when the war started in Ukraine, fled illegally to Lithuania because he was afraid that the Belarusan army would go to Ukraine to help Russia. Today Mikita...

A Belarusian Soldiers Commited Suicide

This is happening directly on the Belarusian border and it’s been going on all summer. The “Usovo” border outpost, officially named after V.M. Usov, who died defending it in 1941, is part of...

“Our House” anti-war initiatives get more than a million views: support for conscientious objectors and deserters in Belarus

Belarusian conscientious objector Maksim Vaitkevichius has been granted political asylum in Armenia

A website offering help to conscripts to evade military service was blocked in Belarus

The website povestka.org, which provides commercial services for conscripts who do not want to serve in the army, was blocked in Belarus. The Brest Region Prosecutor’s Office recognised the site as a threat,...

Belarusian journalist needs your solidarity

The Lithuanian Migration Department has begun the process of deporting Belarusian journalist Oleg Borshchevsky, husband of Nobel Peace Prize nominee and human rights activist Olga Karach, to Belarus where he will be imprisoned...

Cooperating with Maisto Bankas to support Belarusian refugees in Vilnius

Since the beginning of our cooperation with the non-governmental organization Maisto Bankas in the May of 2022, our joint activity has benefited a lot Belarusian refugees living in the Lithuanian capital. Known for the mission...

“Our House” Organises “Dress Swap Party” for Belarusian and Ukrainian Refugees

Refugees from Belarus and Ukraine who love stylish and fashionable clothes, as well as those who were simply willing to socialize and get help with their looks, gathered on Saturday, September 30, in...

The Art of Kindness: Support and Integration for Refugees

For several years now, “Our House” has been providing support to people compelled to leave their homes due to political repression and war. Refugees often find themselves in unfamiliar surroundings, frequently encountering language...

Children-328: the regime continues arresting teenagers for drugs. Monitoring report covering January-December 2022

The issue of underage children dragged into drug trafficking and drug use remains pressing and of high relevance. The horrible trial conveyor has not stopped in 2022, and Belarusian children almost every day...

Slavery in Belarus: what «Our House» has been screaming about since 2019

Nowadays the Lukashenko‘s regime has been building a GULAG in Belarusian prisons – a copy of the same sadly known Soviet GULAG which actively exploited the free of charge labor of its prisoners....

A school for juvenile offenders opened in Gomel pre-trial isolation facility. What does it mean?

Children in detention, like their peers at liberty, need education and extra protection. But the reality is that children behind bars go through tortures, rights violations and forced slaver labor. Every single day...

Girls-328: The number of young Belarusian women hostages of the Lukashenko regime is growing

About 20 underage girls convicted under Article 328 of the Criminal Code are serving their sentences in Homel penal colony № 4. 17 girls were detained or convicted under this article in 2021....

NO means NO

Today there is war in Ukraine, a lot of people are getting killed. However, the situation can become much...

Non-Children Play

The ICCI “Our House” campaign “Non-Children Play” was a response to the Presidential Decree No. 18 “On additional measures...

Stop Ostrovets NPP!

The position of International Centre for civil initiatives “Our House” and other democratic forces of Belarus on the Ostrovets...

“Corona- 2020”

“Our House” announces the “Corona- 2020” campaign. The goal of the campaign is to force the Belarusian authorities to...

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