Through cadet school into protests: Denis’s story

Today Denis lives in Lithuania. Three countries have become his home countries: Belarus, Italy and Lithuania. It is a truly amazing story. Denis was born in Belarus. His mother died when he was...

Boarding military schools for boys (including orphans) in Belarus with the ideology of the «russian world»

In Belarus there are closed militarized boarding schools for boys starting from the age of 12, where they are taught skills in military affairs. The aim of such institutions is to train personnel...

Militarization of children in Belarus and preparation of children to the participation in the warfare on Russia’s side

Our House is hereby presenting the report of the monitoring of the mass militarization of children in Belarus and preparation of Belarusian children to participation in future military actions on Russia’s side (probably,...

Suicides and extra-judicial executions in the Belarusian army

Belarusian army might as well be called a place of imprisonment: people get there for a year – a year and a half, are deprived of all means of communication, encounter propaganda, torture,...

Through cadet school into protests: Denis’s story

Today Denis lives in Lithuania. Three countries have become his home countries: Belarus, Italy and Lithuania. It is a truly amazing story. Denis was born in Belarus. His mother died when he was...

Boarding military schools for boys (including orphans) in Belarus with the ideology of the «russian world»

In Belarus there are closed militarized boarding schools for boys starting from the age of 12, where they are taught skills in military affairs. The aim of such institutions is to train personnel...

Militarization of children in Belarus and preparation of children to the participation in the warfare on Russia’s side

Ukrainian and Belarusian women support the campaign “NO Means NO”, record their video appeals and spread them on the social media

Today, Ukrainian and Belarusian women support the campaign “NO Means NO” and appeal to Belarusian men not to go to the war in Ukraine on Putin’s side. Women record their video appeals and...

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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