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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.
Articles

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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2023-03-03

Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski sentenced to 10 years in prison

For the first time in history, a Nobel laureate was convicted after having been awarded the Nobel Prize. Belarusian human rights organizations issued a statement of protest where they called the verdict an act of political reprisal and retaliation for peaceful actions aimed at protecting human rights and freedoms in Belarus.
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2023-03-01

Poems from Prison – new project to support repressed people in Belarus

The People's Embassy of Belarus in Brazil in collaboration with the Freedom Postcards initiative launched the Poems from Prison website. It collects poems written by political prisoners in Belarus, their translations into different languages, and tells their authors' stories.
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2023-02-28

What is known about drone attack on Russian military aircraft near Minsk?

BYPOL reports that the Belarusian Peramoha initiative participants damaged a Russian reconnaissance Beriev A-50 aircraft with the help of remotely piloted drones.