Kangaroo court for objectors
The Belarusian regime is tenaciously adopting all the worst practices of the Soviet regime, including public kangaroo courts and show trial over those who want to be different from the rest. It is not...
Unveiling Hidden Exemptions: The Secret Groups Exempted from Army Conscription in Belarus
It turns out, there are secret groups of people in Belarus, that are protected from being conscripted for compulsory military service, and they are exempted from it by the order of Lukashenka. One such...
Vilnius Solidarity Rally: Standing Together for the Right to Stop War
On May 15th, an action in support of Belarusian conscientious objectors and deserters took place in Vilnius. It is worth mentioning that on February 21, 2023, the fully controlled parliament under Lukashenko introduced the...
Lukashenka is creating paramilitary bodies and calls them “people’s militia”: what for and what does it mean?
An issue of creating the so-called “people’s militia” is being discussed again in Belarus today. Back on April 16, 2023, the Belarusian regime introduced the long-announced draft bill “About people’s militia” in the House...
New repressions against priests in Belarus: priests accused of “extremism”
Two Greek-Catholic (Uniate) priests were detained in Vitebsk region, their homes were searched. It looks like we can speak about a new wave of repressions against the Uniate Church in Belarus. At the end...
In Belarus an attempt made to conscript a Catholic priest into the army
On May 22, 2023, it became known that a Catholic priest from Navagrudak, Dzmitry Malets, had been called up to transport troops less than a month before the end of his age of conscription....
How to boost economic growth in Belarus? Part 5
Let’s speak honestly. Without hopes for 100500 billion EUR that the West will supposedly give us as soon as we get rid of Lukashenka to start a great life. Without hopes that somebody will...
Rallies to support Belarusian, Ukrainian and Russian conscientious objectors held in Italy
Italian organizations supporting Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian conscientious objectors and deserters, partners of the International Coalition #ObjectWarCampaign, Giuristi Democratici, Movimento Internazionale della Riconciliazione, Un Ponte Per, Movimento Nonviolento, Pax Christi, Pressenza, Centro Studi Sereno Regis together...
Monitoring for April 2023: Situation with Belarusian Army after Start of Russian Aggression Against Ukraine
On September 21, 2022, Vladimir Putin made a statement that Russia had declared a partial mobilization of its population. Belarus did not formally join the war against Ukraine, although it did provide its territory...
Report of Our House on Work Accomplished with Refugees January – May 2023
The International Center for Civil Initiatives “Our House” (Tarptautinis pilietinių iniciatyivų centras “Mūsų namai” in Lithuanian) is a non-profit organization registered in Vilnius, Lithuania since January 2014. We are engaged in social, human rights,...
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