After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, a significant number of nuclear weapons remained on the territory of Belarus, as well as in other post-Soviet republics – Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Having become...
My name is Olga Karach, and I have dedicated nearly 20 years to peacebuilding efforts. As a feminist, an educator and a human rights defender, I lead the human rights organization Our House, currently operating...
Vitaly Dvarashin and the organisation ‘Mūsų namai’ (i.e. ‘Our House’) won the court in Lithuania and cancelled the forced deportation. The Department of Migration now owes Vitaly and me more than a thousand euros....
On December 6, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (Local time Warsaw), a protest took place in front of the Lithuanian Embassy (Al. Ujazdowskie 14) to draw attention to Lithuania’s unjust policies toward Belarusian...
December 1 is celebrated as Prisoners for Peace Day, established by War Resisters International (WRI). It is a day when the world’s attention is drawn to people imprisoned for their commitment to peace and...
On August 4, 2024 on the eve of the anniversary of the first (and hopefully the last) combat use of nuclear weapons, the organisations Our House and Dapamoga held a protest action in Vilnius...
This is happening directly on the Belarusian border and it’s been going on all summer. The “Usovo” border outpost, officially named after V.M. Usov, who died defending it in 1941, is part of the...
December 1st is the Day of Prisoners for Peace. For over 60 years, War Resisters’ International (WRI), of which the Belarusian human rights organization “Our House” is an affiliate member, has used this day...
Between January and June 2024, the human rights organisation Our House attracted a lot of attention with a total of 1,343,852 views across all platforms. These publications, dedicated to the anti-war activities of Belarusian...
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...