Psychiatric hospitals and neuropsychiatric dispensaries in the country are mysterious institutions. Outsiders can not get there, and you can learn about what happens to the patients there from the few diaries published on the...
On May 17, the world celebrates the International Day Against Homophobia. It is difficult to call Belarus a country tolerant towards the LGBT community – this is especially clearly expressed by the authorities. In...
On the 18th of May, the world celebrates the International Day of Museums. The holiday is not alien to Belarus either – there are more than 150 museums with paintings, historical exhibits, unique antiquities...
Helping young people and families with many children is the pride of Lukashenko’s policy fans. Preferential flats, free meals, interest groups and activities – you can’t get that in Europe, they say. Meanwhile, in...
Retired people in Belarus have been active in protests since 5 October, when the first march of pensioners took place. From that date until 31 December 2020, 13 protests took place every Monday. The...
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...