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 Introduction...
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, a significant number of nuclear weapons remained on the territory of Belarus, as well as in other post-Soviet republics – Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Having become...
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 the...
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...
Belarusian Maksim Vaitkevichius has been granted political asylum in Armenia, reports factor.am. Earlier he was detained at the request of the Belarusian authorities. Now, after four months behind bars, the young man has been...
The website povestka.org, which provides commercial services for conscripts who do not want to serve in the army, was blocked in Belarus. The Brest Region Prosecutor’s Office recognised the site as a threat, accusing...
In Lida, a court sentenced a lieutenant colonel to four years in a penal colony for abuse of power with the use of violence. In Belarus, it is common for soldiers to be used...
In the Belarusian city of Slutsk, a show trial was held over a 19-year-old young man, accused of evading conscription, reports Euroradio with reference to ‘Slutskiy Krai’. The trial took place right in the...
The war in Ukraine has not only intensified geopolitical tensions but has also deepened the ongoing crisis of masculinity. The romanticization of militarism, coupled with the glorification of aggression and controla, has cemented an...
Recently in Ostrovets, on an open house day dedicated to the 85th anniversary of military unit №7434, children from kindergarten No. 5 were honored guests, experiencing a glimpse of military life. Some children, by...