Olga Karach at the Second Forum of Democratic Forces: The Kremlin is the main architect of Belarus’ dictatorship

Olga Karach, head of the ICCI “Our House”, was one of the first to raise the topic of the struggle against Lukashenka’s regime at the Second Forum of Democratic Forces. Undoubtedly, all participants...

Olga Karach: How feminists have become enemies for the Belarusian state

On July 13, Olga Karach gave a speech “How feminists have become enemies for the Belarusian state” in front of 30 initiatives of Berlin feminists. Olga Karach spoke about the repression of Belarusian...

Humanitarian aid to Belarusians: Food Thursdays in Our House with Maisto bankas

ICCI “Our House” has always considered its priority to help people – consultations, financial and informational support, humanitarian aid. Since May 2022, “Our House” in Lithuania has started a permanent and fruitful cooperation...

Youngsters to the slaughter: Will Lukashenka send conscripts to the war for Putin?

Since February 24, 2022, when the active phase of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine began, thousands of men of conscription age in Belarus, and even those who have already served in the army,...

Olga Karach’s video with an appeal to Belarusian men gets more than 500,000 views on TikTok

The video, which appeared on our account in this social network on June 15, passed the half-million mark two weeks after it was uploaded. In it, Olga Karach advises conscripts, reservists and all...

Olga Karach Urged Young Men To Run Away From The Army. Video Became Viral On TikTok

Many young Belarusians use the social network TikTok. And “Our House” publishes short videos there – especially when it comes to army conscriptions received by young boys. On June 15, a video about...

The Auction For Tokens For The Army Failed: Lukashenka Is A Loser Again

In May, we reported that the Ministry of Defense planned to purchase 20,000 metal tokens with the abbreviation “Belarusian Armed Forces”. Less than a month later, it became known that the auction was...

Lukashenka is afraid of losing control: Mass firings at the Belarusian Railways and “criminal cases”. How did it happen?

Belarusian Railways is a state organization, subordinated to the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus. It is composed of 66 organizations with the legal entity status and three representations...

Criminal According to the Regime: What Gomel and Mogilev Residents Got Convicted For.

Belarusian traditions were the first thing that the regime decided to attack. However, for some time Belarusians did not believe that it was possible to spot a protest against dictatorship in traditional national...

“Round Dance Case” in Brest, Belarus. They did not have mercy even for pensioners.

There is no free country where you can encounter such outrageous cases of reprisals and prosecution of people for their civic stance. In January, 2022, the analytical service Numbeo published the rating of...

They Ruin People’s Lives: Who Passed the Sentences on the “Round Dance Case” in Brest?

Since the beginning, the Belarusian revolution 2020 differed from other coloured revolutions in the variety of forms of the protest. Most of them were peaceful and within the framework of the acting legislation...

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....

Children-328: regime continues to arrest teenagers for drugs. Monitoring for February-May 2022

The topic of underage drug dealers continues to be a hot topic. Schoolchildren and students wishing to earn money without much effort get caught up in ads from drug dealers on the Internet...

Lukashenko’s revenge: Mothers-328 activist becomes a political prisoner

On May 12, 2022, one more woman – activist of the movement “Mothers-328”, Maryna Kiselevich, was added to the list of the Belarusian political prisoners. The woman was sentenced to 4 years of...

Political prisoners-328: who are they — political prisoners convicted of drugs

For many years, «Our House» said that Article 328 of the Criminal Code is political. After the 2020 elections, there were many confirmations of this. In October, we prepared a large text about...

Law Enforcer Shoots a Child in Minsk: the Criminal Case is Initiated Against the Boy

After the elections 2020, Lukashenka allowed the security forces to do literally everything: to break into flats, to beat people in the streets, to carry weapons, to shoot people. Impunity has untied their...

Summer As In The War: Belarusian Children Are Offered To Shoot From Guns And Listen To Veterans’ Stories

Belarusian children do not have much choice for summer holidays: European countries are closed, the flight time to Turkey and Egypt has increased, and the price has risen. So, children’s camps inside the...

Back to the USSR: Belarusian Children Forced to Observe Soviet Traditions

Marches with portraits of Lenin and Stalin, pioneer ties and propaganda speeches are a thing of the past. However, after more than 30 years, the Belarusian authorities decide to revive the traditions. Today,...

Soviet Dresses, War and Enforcement Operatives: How Belarusian Schoolchildren Spent Their Last Day of School

On 30 May, the academic year ended for Belarusian children. The childhood holiday with smiles, ice cream, farewell to classmates, and a taste of summer turned into a dictatorial benefit under police escort....

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