Up to five years in prison – the artist painted a portrait of an anti-Soviet movement representative and became a political prisoner

We have already drown your attention to how government in Belarusian is destroying culture. In the hot autumn of 2020, actors, musicians, and singers who spoke out against violence and electoral fraud were...

Ten years since the terrorist attack in the Minsk metro: we recall the chronology of the tragedy

On April 11, 2011, Belarus suffered from a major terrorist attack at the Kastryčnickaja metro station. There were 15 people dead, more than 400 wounded, 18 activists detained, two guys shot – this...

They wanted six years in prison – the sister of the riot police officer received a sentence for hitting the security forces’ car

In October last year, a video of a dark-haired girl in a green jacket hitting the door of a police minibus circulated on the internet in Belarus. A little later it became known...

More than 800 days of arrest and 140 strikers: the history of the strike committee “Belaruskali” – the largest strike committee in the country

“Belaruskali” is the real pride of many fans of the illegitimate government: high salaries, jobs for the whole city, infrastructure development. However, it was the workers of this enterprise that went on strike...

Up to five years in prison – the artist painted a portrait of an anti-Soviet movement representative and became a political prisoner

They wanted six years in prison – the sister of the riot police officer received a sentence for hitting the security forces’ car

In October last year, a video of a dark-haired girl in a green jacket hitting the door of a police minibus circulated on the internet in Belarus. A little later it became known...

More than 800 days of arrest and 140 strikers: the history of the strike committee “Belaruskali” – the largest strike committee in the country

Authorities against Poles in Belarus – activists in jail, Polish schools on the verge of closure

The illegitimate government is very proud of the heroic deeds of the Belarusian soldiers during the Second World War and constantly reminds that there will be no fascism on the territory of the...

Orphans-328: why children without parents become victims of drug traffickers and what they go through in prisons

We have already written about how drug dealers lure children and adolescents into their networks – offer them fabulous sums of money for an otherwise dull job. The easiest way is to buy...

Girls convicted under Article 328: torture, huge sentences, and a $ 10 a month salary

Among the huge number of female political prisoners, women who were repressed after the August 9 elections, there is another group, which, unfortunately, is not so noticeable now. These are girls and young...

Monitoring of the situation with underage orphans-328 in prisons Belarus

Orphans in prisons are even more powerless than ordinary prisoners. There is no one to stand up for them, they have no relatives who will bring the package, write a letter and send...

Article 328: children are given “adults” sentences, and judges violate UN Conventions

In 2014, Decree No. 6 “On urgent measures to combat illicit drug trafficking” was adopted. According to this decree, the age of responsibility for drug-related crimes was reduced to 14 years. The interpretation...

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