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...
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...
While the Belarusian authorities spend money on riot police, everything else fades into the background. Including labor protection at enterprises. The factories that the country is so proud of are forced to operate with...
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...
Thirty-five years ago, there was an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. As a result, 55 regions of Belarus suffered from radiation. Twenty-three percent of the territory of Belarus was contaminated with cesium-137,...