Belarus uses slave labor of prisoners

By this article we want to draw attention to the problem of systemic state slavery in Belarus. Officially slavery is prohibited by Belarusian Criminal Code (art. 181-1 of the CC «Use of slave labour»). The...

Chronicles of victims of the regime: what happened to Dmitry Uskhopov and why there is Article number 328

On December 31, 2021, at about 23.00, police detained a resident of Rechitsa, Dmitry Uskhopov, who was standing with a friend at a public transport stop and was going to go to celebrate...

Results of 2021: «Our House» launched a new direction of voice chats

Last year brought fresh ideas to «Our House» — we were the first independent source to launch voice chats in Telegram. The first chat took place on July 21, 2021, and political scientist...

Women heroes: we remember Belarusian human rights defenders who found themselves in danger

After the repressions that began in the country, a considerable burden fell on the country’s human rights defenders. It was necessary to fix the injuries of the security forces, provide psychological and legal...

Women heroes: we remember Belarusian human rights defenders who found themselves in danger

Women-heroes in sports: how the state repressed Belarusian athletes

Athletes were among the first Belarusians to oppose Lukashenka in August 2020. They even created a letter for fair elections, signed by members of the Belarusian national team and Olympic champions, coaches, former...

«Our House» launches a campaign about women heroes: the feat of Belarusian journalists in conditions of lack of freedom of the press

The Belarusian revolution is called a women revolution. Women walked in the front ranks at protest marches, stood in couplings, and at night ran out into the streets with bandages to treat the...

The first restriction of freedom of speech in 2022: access to the «Pershy Region» website is restricted

The pressure on the independent press does not stop even after the new year. On January 3, by the decree of the Brest region Prosecutor, access to the website of the «Pershy Region»...

Activist of the movement “Mothers-328” in intensive care: security forces broke into her apartment

The illegitimate state is ready to deal daily and hourly with people against Lukashenka — especially on the eve of an illegal referendum, before which it is necessary to “cleanse” the country of...

Results of 2021: what «Our House» did for the «Children-328» campaign

For many years, «Our House» has been fighting for children convicted of minor drug offences. Even though the security forces are now more busy looking for those who do not like Lukashenka, children...

Turn life into hell: by order of Lukashenka, convicts under Article 328 die in prisons

Prisoners in Belarusian places of detention pass away often, as there is evidence in interviews of released people. And even though prison administrations hide these tragedies, some data breaks out. In the winter...

How the authorities persecute activists of the “Mothers-328” movement

Materials about pressure on activists and public figures have been published on our website more than once. But there are women in our country who willy-nilly had to become activists – these are...

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