On August 16, it became known that Belarus has formally registered a new legal entity linked to the Wagner Private Military Company, marking the second registration of its kind. The entity is named LLC...
Although in the middle of the war, Ukraine is planning to ease conscription requirements. If a person does not want to take up arms and go to the front line, he will be given...
The initiative to select a Peace Minister from among feminist women advocating for peace arose within the WILPF activists during the International Peace Summit “For Peace in Ukraine,” held in Vienna on June 10-11,...
In Belarus, young people who refuse to serve in the army and take up arms are referred to by the stigmatizing word “evader”, a term originating from the Soviet Union. The implication is that...
It seems that in Belarus, so many young people are trying to avoid military service that the state is forced to take preemptive action. For instance, they intimidate potential draft evaders by holding public...
Another public trial of a young man who does not desire to serve in the army, was held in Belarus. This story is notable for the fact that while conducting the case, the officials...
In May of the current year, a resident of Dzyarzhynsk was subject to a month of arrest for evading military service. That story started in November, 2022, when a 19-year-old resident of Dzyarzhynsk began...
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...
As of today, the Belarusian conscientious objector, Ivan Strashkevich, is still behind bars in the refugee camp in Pabradė. This is how his case is proceeding. The court made an inquiry to the State...
In Belarus, suicides among law enforcement officers are not uncommon. Reflecting on these incidents, one is compelled to contemplate the such twist of fate, as past actions of suppressing the Belarusian Revolution and persecuting...