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...
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...
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....
UN Human Rights Council, 56th Session. by WRI and Connection e.V. (03.07.2024) This morning at the UN in Geneva it took place at the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Interactive...
Oral statement given at Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants UN Human Rights Council, 56th Session by WRI and Connection e.V. On June 26, 2024 on the occasion...