Repressive Crackdown on the Railways: chronology of the events on the Belarusian railways since August, 2020

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...

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...

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

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

Belarusians Against War: When The Best Solution Is To Defect From The Real Hell

On June 15, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski ordered a check near the border with Belarus on the possible threat of a new invasion from the north. But experts assess the likelihood of an...

Tenth-Graders Go To Battle: Lukashenka Sends Students To Military Training Camp

While the younger pupils are enjoying the first days of the summer holidays and the 9th and 11th graders are taking their final exams, it is time for the military training camp for...

Repressive Crackdown on the Railways: chronology of the events on the Belarusian railways since August, 2020

Torture In Prison: Prisoner With Stage 4 Of Cancer Given Five Years In Prison

The regime continues to bully Belarusians, paying no attention to their age or health. Pavel Kuchynski from Maladzechna was detained on January 26, 2022. At that time, the guy already had Hodgkin’s lymphoma,...

On June 6, The Trial of Aliaksei Ivanisau Started – How a Businessman From Minsk Became a Defendant Under The Terrorist Article

In Belarus, anyone can become a terrorist just for speaking out against Lukashenko. Olga Karach, Maria Kalesnikava, Maksim Znak, Pavel Latushka, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and other opposition figures are already on the list of...

Invisible heroism: the regime continues to persecute Belarusian women

The repressive machine of the Lukashenko regime is working, but brave Belarusians continue to voice their discontent with both the illegitimate authorities and their support for the war in Ukraine. In April and...

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...

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....

Day for (Un)Protection of Children in Belarus: How Illegitimate Regime Deprives Children of Their Childhood

On June 1, the whole world celebrates International Children’s Day. This holiday is also celebrated in Belarus – although our country has been long and repeatedly violating the rights of a child. Several...

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