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High-ranking siloviki used “services” of pedophile crime gang created by other siloviki
There has been an increase in serious sex crimes in Belarus over the past decade. The upswing in the number of such crimes as pedophilia, whose victims are young children,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.