Recruitment of Belarusian Citizens into the Russian Armed Forces for the War in Ukraine

Since 2023, Belarusian men have been actively recruited to serve under contract in the Russian Armed Forces, with the explicit aim of deploying them in the war against Ukraine. These recruitment campaigns, widely...

Militarization of Preschool Children in Belarus

In Belarus, the militarization of children has expanded beyond schools and military-patriotic clubs to include preschool-aged children. Recent developments indicate an increasing state-driven effort to instill militaristic values from an early age, with...

Ostrovets NPP: A Ticking Environmental Time Bomb?

In northwestern Belarus, just 40 kilometers from Vilnius, two massive cooling towers dominate the landscape—the Ostrovets Nuclear Power Plant (BelNPP). On the surface, nuclear energy is often presented as a low-carbon solution, but...

The Neris River: A Living Artery, Not a Military Canal

Imagine a river that has flowed freely for thousands of years, shaping its banks, nourishing the forests and meadows along its course. This river—the Neris (Viliya)—is one of the last large, untamed rivers...

The Republic of Belarus Shadow Report 2025

under the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) prepared by Olga Karach (the International Center for civil initiatives “Our House” (Belarus) Table of Contents...

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...

Militarization of Preschool Children in Belarus

The Brutal Trap: How Belarus Turns Young Men into Hostages of the Military Machine

Thousands of young Belarusians are unaware that they are already under the tight control of the Belarusian military system. It knows their names, addresses, phone numbers, parents, weaknesses, and fears. It waits for...

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

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 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...

The Republic of Belarus Shadow Report 2025

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...

From Chernobyl to Nuclear Weapons: Connecting Anti-Militarism, Peacebuilding, and Climate Justice in Belarus

Dear friends, fellow environmentalists, climate justice activists, and members of Fridays for Future, My name is Olga Karach, I...

How women’s rights are violated in penal colony No. 4 in Gomel

During and after the elections, women played a significant role in the protests and opposition to the illegitimate usurper....

Women’s rights in Belarus: how the state deprives Belarusians of education, choice and freedom

The revolution in Belarus is often called a women’s revolution – it was women who united in a trio...

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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