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2023-03-21

Ihar Losik attempted suicide second time while in custody

Ihar Losik, a Belarusian journalist and political prisoner, attempted suicide in a penal colony. He has been on hunger strike for a long time while in solitary confinement in the Navapolatsk penal colony and then cut his hands and neck. Ihar is alive and is in the colony's medical unit.
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2023-03-17

Films by Belarusian creators win at international film festivals

Na żywo/Live, a short movie about journalists Katsiaryna Andreyeva and Darya Chultsova, was named the best feature film at the 2023 ZOOM-ZBLIŻENIA International Film Festival. Meanwhile, a documentary titled Away, created by a Belarusian filmmaker, received an award at the Tampere Film Festival.
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2023-03-13

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya wins 2022 Tipperary International Peace Award

Every year, the Tipperary International Peace Award is presented to public figures who have made a special contribution to promoting human rights and ending conflicts. This year, the award will be given to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in recognition of her efforts to promote democracy and in support of the right to self-expression, association and assembly in Belarus. The award ceremony is to be held in May.
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2023-03-09

Johnson to Tsikhanouskaya: “We admire the courage of the Belarusian freedom fighters”

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya began her visit to London, where she met with the former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The parties discussed the situation in Belarus, Belarusian guerrillas, and assistance to Belarusian volunteers in Ukraine.
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2023-03-08

What Lukashenko’s regime persecutes Belarusian women for

On International Women's Day, the Viasna Human Rights Center tells how and why Lukashenko's regime persecutes Belarusian women.
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2023-03-07

Women political prisoners of Belarus through prism of art

The Politvyazynka project tells about Belarusian women political prisoners: the initiative posts their portraits and stories of their lives before and after imprisonment so that the society does not forget about the repressed in Belarus against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine.
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2023-03-07

Aidar battalion veteran comments on Belarusian guerrillas’ activities

Evgeny Dikiy, a Ukrainian scholar, blogger, and veteran of the Aidar battalion, believes that the activities of Belarusian guerrillas can be called heroic under the conditions of brutal political repression in Belarus.
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2023-03-06

Sentences handed down in absentia: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya – 15 years in prison, Pavel Latushka – 18 years

On March 6, a "court" in Minsk passed sentences in the Coordination Council case. All the defendants are currently outside Belarus. They were sentenced to 12 to 18 years of imprisonment in absentia and had their property seized.

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March 25 – Freedom Day (not) celebrated in Belarus

Ihar Losik attempted suicide second time while in custody

Films by Belarusian creators win at international film festivals

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya wins 2022 Tipperary International Peace Award

Johnson to Tsikhanouskaya: “We admire the courage of the Belarusian freedom fighters”

What Lukashenko’s regime persecutes Belarusian women for

Women political prisoners of Belarus through prism of art

Aidar battalion veteran comments on Belarusian guerrillas’ activities

Sentences handed down in absentia: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya – 15 years in prison, Pavel Latushka – 18 years

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