A Belarusian Soldiers Commited Suicide
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...
“Our House” anti-war initiatives get more than a million views: support for conscientious objectors and deserters in Belarus
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 conscientious objector Maksim Vaitkevichius has been granted political asylum in Armenia
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...
A website offering help to conscripts to evade military service was blocked in Belarus
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...
A lieutenant colonel from small belorusian city Lida has been sentenced for forcing soldiers into slavery and subjecting them to physical violence
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...
Small town in the Belarusian countryside held a show trial of a conscientious objector
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 and the Crisis of Masculinity: Impacts on Society and the Path to Peacebuilding
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...
Weapons in Children’s Hands: The Militarization of Preschoolers in Belarus as State Policy
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...
Protection for Belarusian conscientious objectors like Vitali Dvarashyn and Mikita Sviryd
They are under threat of deportation by Lithuania to Belarus. by Joint Press Release. (29.07.2024) Lithuania should protect Belarusian conscientious objectors and deserters, grant adequate legal protection and prevent their deportation! The undersigned organizations...
Lithuanian Migration Department claims that Belarusians have no right to refuse to serve in the army
Belarusian conscientious objectors and Belarusian deserters, who are afraid of being drawn into military actions against Ukraine and do not want to take up arms, face refusals of political asylum in Lithuania en masse....
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