A Belarusian conscientious objector risks deportation despite pending international human rights proceedings. Ilya is a Belarusian citizen, asylum seeker, and conscientious objector who has refused military service on moral, political, and humanitarian grounds. After...
Belarusian security services criminalize humanitarian aid, targeting volunteers supporting refugees across Lithuania, Poland, and Latvia. The humanitarian activities of the Belarusian human rights organisation in exile “Our House”, carried out jointly with IGFM /...
Three days of celebration in exile showed how community, kindness, and solidarity can restore joy and hope to displaced families. On 26, 27 and 28 December 2025, “Our House Centre for Human Rights and...
Today, the very same river is viewed simultaneously as a migration corridor for wild salmon, an emergency evacuation route for the residents of Lithuania’s capital, and a discharge channel for technogenic risks from Belarus’s...
Belarusian refugee children with autism face severe exclusion in Lithuania, where trauma, legal barriers, and systemic neglect leave them without essential care. Introduction: Refugee children are among the most psychologically vulnerable populations in Europe,...
A fragile Baltic watercourse faces mounting pressure as nuclear operations, military mobility projects, and ecosystem obligations collide. The Viliya–Neris basin now holds overlapping nuclear, environmental, and strategic functions. Its role as a protected Natura...
This Sunday, 30 November, activists of Our House and supporters of this Belarusian organization—now operating in exile in Lithuania—unloaded yet another humanitarian truck, the twentieth so far. The shipment was sent by our long-term...
ICAN’s rise from Australian initiative to Nobel-laureate network shows how civil society turned a anti-nuclear norm into law amid growing global tensions. The review examines the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) as...
It is no secret that Belarusian human rights defender Olga Karach is one of Alexander Lukashenko’s personal enemies and among the most persecuted activists in the country, and the regime’s escalating attacks on Our...
When the war in Ukraine began, we found ourselves facing an impossible moral choice — one that left no room for hesitation. As Belarusian human rights defenders, we decided to act. We chose, without...