Lessons for the civil society of our region
The situation with the “March of Justice” of Yevgeny Prigozhin has taught us some lessons that we have yet to comprehend. Here we would like to list some of them: 1) Vladimir Putin lives...
Peace activists demand protection from persecution of Belarusian conscientious objectors and peace activists
Report protest action in Ghent on Tuesday 27 June against the expulsion by Lithuania of a Belarusian peace activist and against the persecution of conscientious objectors in Belarus. On June 27, a group of...
Belarussian Man Won First-Instance Court Case Against Lithuanian Migration Authorities
Vitaliy Dvarashin has been working as a long-haul truck driver in Lithuania since 2012. In March 2022, he permanently relocated to Lithuania due to concerns about conscription into the army and involvement in the...
Authoritative international anti-war organizations have spoken out in support of a Belarusian individual in Lithuania
On June 23, 2023, the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection and the War Resisters’ International (WRI), an international anti-war organization founded in 1921 with headquarters in London and branches in over thirty countries, issued...
Movement of Conscientious Objectors listed as Foreign Agent in Russian Federation
As of last Friday, June 23rd, the Movement of Conscientious Objectors has been officially labeled as a “foreign agent” in the Russian Federation. This action, while a demonstration of the effectiveness of the work...
Main Propaganda Newspaper of Alexander Lukashenko Criticizes Our House for Assisting Belarusian Refugees in Lithuania
On May 11, 2023, the main propaganda newspaper of Alexander Lukashenko, “Belarus Today” (formerly known as “Sovetskaya Belorussiya”), published an article featuring caricatures of Olga Karach. The article, titled “Deteriorating Attitude Towards Dissidents-Freeloaders in...
The Prigozhin Mutiny: Analysis of the Situation and Consequences in the Region
In recent days, there has been a sharp escalation of conflict in our region, including the spillover of military actions into Russian territory. We will refrain from reiterating the widely known facts regarding the...
Military Service Card: An Instrument of Discrimination in Belarus
In Belarus, in order to be employed, in addition to other documents, male citizens are required to present their military service card. According to the regulatory documents of the Ministry of Labour and Social...
Statutorily enslaved
Belarus is a unique country in the sense that young people have to pay for their education not only with their money, but also with their personal liberty and freedom. To get higher education...
Case of Nasha Niva: fakes and disinformation aimed at discrediting the activity of Belarusian women human rights defenders helping Belarusian refugees in Lithuania
Currently, in the territory of Lithuania a pre-trial criminal investigation into the defamation of a human rights defender Olga Karach in the article of Nasha Niva is conducted. Nasha Niva journalist is facing up...
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