Lukashenko has always treated sports with special reverence: he encouraged Olympic champions, built up regional centres with sports complexes, participated in the “Minsk Ski Track” and hockey matches. The sportsmen were favoured by the...
Radio Day for Belarusians is another reason to remember that the country has great difficulties with freedom of speech. The situation was not easy during all the years of Lukashenka’s rule, but it especially...
More than half a million Belarusians have disabilities, and the problem of the life of such people in our country is especially acute. Lack of ramps, parking spaces for disabled people, difficult living conditions,...
In 2020, Belarusian journalists were attacked 477 times, 97 of them were serving administrative arrest. More than 60 journalists have suffered physically at the hands of security forces and some have even been deliberately...
On the May 2nd Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter. Unfortunately, even going to church is now dangerous – the police come to churches, arrest parishioners and repress religious leaders. We have already talked about how...
In March, we talked about the riots in Pinsk during the night, August 9-10. Since then, a criminal case has been conducted on what happened in the district centre. On April 30, the verdict...
In February, we talked about the Brest “round dance case”. Recall that on 13 September, protesters formed a round dance at the intersection of Masherov Avenue and Cosmonauts Boulevard in the regional centre. As...
There are 358 political prisoners in Belarus now. More than 150 of them are between 16 and 31 years old. Clever, educated, with high positions and their own business, they went to the streets...
Until last summer it was possible to ride the two-wheeled iron horse in the country – there was even a large-scale carnival called “Viva Rovar” in its honour in spring. However, when large-scale bike...
More than 30 thousand Belarusians have gone through temporary detention facilities and pre-trial detention centers since protests began eight months ago. Many cells of these facilities are still overcrowded. On March 31, a decree,...