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Yearly Archives: 2021

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Child labour slavery is legal in Belarus. How schoolchildren and students become low-paid workers

Slave labour in Belarus flourishes not only in prisons, OTC and specific technical institutions, as we have already written about more than once. Often, pupils and high school students are selected for construction, landscaping,...

Read more 2021-08-23 at 01:15 Svetlana Gordeeva

Bullying of children in Belarusian schools. What happens to students in educational institutions?

Very soon, the educational process will begin in Belarusian schools. Thousands of children will sit at their desks. In the meantime, school buildings are preparing for the reception of children: they are painting, repairing,...

Read more 2021-08-23 at 00:37 Svetlana Gordeeva

The mockery of the state propaganda and torture on the screen. How the protests changed the coverage of drug-related crimes

Belarusians caught on any minor drug-related offence get the most severe penalties. Sometimes you can get a shorter sentence for murder than for possession of marijuana. Even before the trial, the accused goes through...

Read more 2021-08-22 at 22:53 Svetlana Gordeeva

Prisoners are being killed in PC-17. How does the colony where Vitold Ashurak died in May live?

Three months ago, 50-year-old political prisoner Vitold Ashurok died in the penal colony No. 17 in Shklov. The official reason was a heart attack, but when his relatives received his body for burial, they...

Read more 2021-08-22 at 19:52 Svetlana Gordeeva

Olga Karach’s visit to Latvia: the Parliamentary Secretary expressed Latvia’s readiness to continue supporting Belarus

On August 19, 2021, the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zanda Kalnina-Lukashevica, met with the head of the ICCI “Our House”, journalist and civil activist Olga Karach. The head of the...

Read more 2021-08-22 at 18:47 Svetlana Gordeeva

The regime’s petty revenge for the sanctions of Europe: we close everyone!

On June 30, 2021, the German Embassy in Minsk received a request from the Belarusian Foreign Ministry to stop the activities of the Goethe Institute and the organization DAAD within four weeks. The reference...

Read more 2021-08-16 at 20:48 Svetlana Gordeeva

An unhappy childhood: how children are bullied in Belarus

Childhood is the smell of ripe apples, fresh milk and drying hay. Games with friends from morning to evening. Chalk-stained palms, pride in getting the best mark in your favourite subject. The first strong...

Read more 2021-08-16 at 01:57 Svetlana Gordeeva

Olga Karach met with Japanese Ambassador to Lithuania Shiro Yamasaki

On August 12, the head of the ICСI “Our House” Olga Karach and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Lithuania Shiro Yamasaki met. First of all, Olga Karach thanked Japan for the...

Read more 2021-08-16 at 01:01 Svetlana Gordeeva

What awaits foreign journalists in Belarus: prison, torture, and death

On August 9, 2021, journalists of the Austrian ORF TV channel disappeared in Minsk. Despite all the assurances of the police and state propaganda that this was not true, the representative of the Ministry...

Read more 2021-08-16 at 00:36 Svetlana Gordeeva

Prisoners of penal colony No. 13 die without medical assistance. What is happening within the walls of the most severe colony in Belarus

The state press writes that it is a paradise here: walks, a library, a video library with modern movies, and twice a year family visits are allowed. However, in early August, a terrible letter...

Read more 2021-08-16 at 00:08 Svetlana Gordeeva
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12 DEMANDS of the “No Means No” Advocacy Campaign (Our House)

We, the participants and organizers of the Belarusian advocacy campaign “No Means No”, demand an immediate end to the forced militarization of Belarusian citizens and the restoration of fundamental human rights, which are...

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