Articles
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Who speaks Belarusian? It depends on who you ask
The International Mother Language Day, celebrated annually on February 21, invites us to reflect on the languages we speak, but also those we don’t speak, and, most importantly, why this…
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Administrator of railroad workers’ online community blackmailed
An administrator of a railroad workers' Telegram channel says that Belarusian special services blackmail him. They offer to release his 15-year-old brother who has been recently detained in Belarus in…
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Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski gives final speech in court
The trial in the criminal case against Nobel laureate and chairperson of the Viasna Human Rights Center Ales Bialiatski, his deputy and International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) vice-president Valiantsin…
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“Until the very last moment, I could not believe that Kyiv would be bombed…”
Thousands of Belarusians, forced to flee the Lukashenko regime's repression and find a new home in Ukraine, became refugees for the second time because of the Russia-Ukraine war.
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“A busload of Ukrainian women defended me”: Artsiom’s story of being refugee twice over
Thousands of Belarusians, forced to flee the Lukashenko regime's repression and find a new home in Ukraine, became refugees for the second time because of the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Svetlana Alexievich: “We are dealing with Russian fascism, and Belarus is under occupation”
The Nobel Prize laureate in Literature Svetlana Alexievich talked with the Ukrainian Freedom Channel about the war, her new book, and her conversations with Putin's and Lukashenko's supporters. We feature…
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Family ties from behind bars: Imprisoned Belarusian families
As of December 28, 2022, there are more than 1,400 political prisoners in Belarus. The Viasna Human Rights Center continues telling the stories of people who ended up in prison…
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“Polish border guards didn’t want to let us in”: How Belarusians become refugees twice over
Aksana Dabryyanets and her daughter Valeryia had to flee from the repression of the Belarusian regime to Ukraine in 2021. After the Russia-Ukraine war began, staying in Ukraine became dangerous,…
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“Welcome to Gestapo”: How political prisoners were tortured in Belarus in 2022
The Viasna human rights defenders continue documenting all cases of torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment with the belief that the perpetrators will eventually be brought to justice, and…
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Natallia Hersche: “I want to come to New Belarus!”
Ten months after her release, the former political prisoner talked to Gazetaby.com about how she hadn't given in while in detention despite the terrible conditions, how she was undergoing rehabilitation,…