On September 4, 2023, at the meeting of the Justice and Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament (LIBE) views were exchanged on the issue of access to the political asylum in Latvia and...
After Lithuania had rejected political asylum to Olga Karach on August 18, 2023 and called her a “person posing a threat to the national safety of the Republic of Lithuania”, an international campaign #protection4olga...
On Friday, August 25, 2023, the head of the human rights organization Our House, Olga Karach, was issued a humanitarian residence permit in Lithuania. By the way, the communication that Olga could receive it,...
The head of the human rights center Our House, Olga Karach, filed an appeal against the decision of the Migration Department of Lithuania to deny her political asylum. The appeal has been accepted by...
#protection4olga August 23rd 2023 Following the denial of political asylum by the Lithuanian authorities for the Belarusian peace builder and human rights defender Olga Karach (Volha Karach), the international campaign #protection4olga has just been...
On July 31, 2023, the Commission Responsible for the Determination of the Incapacity for Work at the Ministry of Labour examined Olga Karach’s medical documents and concluded that her work capacity was reduced by...
Principles, procedure, rights, consequences The aim of this review is to provide understanding of the procedure of deportation and what sort of defence is available for a person who is under the risk of...
As of today, more and more political prisoners leave jails in Belarus after having served their full term of imprisonment. Most often, they have to leave Belarus, since the risks of initiation of new...
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...
When I was 13, my classmate, whom we all called “fat” because she was overweight, decided to tint her eyelashes. It wasn’t real makeup; she simply applied some mascara to her lashes. While she...