repression in Belarus
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Cuban deported from Belarus manages to get to Lithuania
Cuban expat Roberto Valdes Casanueva spent more than a year awaiting deportation in the Akrestsina detention center for participation in the peaceful protests. On 10 December 2021, he was deported…
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Yara to stop buying potash from Belaruskali by April 2022
Yara International has announced that it will wind down purchases of potash from Belarus by April due to international sanctions. The Belarusian diaspora regularly protested against Yara’s cooperation with the…
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Human rights situation in Belarus in 2021
In 2021 the number of political prisoners increased by 800 people. Human rights activists recorded 1,285 convictions in politically motivated criminal trials. However, this is only a small part of…
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Tatsiana Batura: 46 days in jail, hunger strike, solitary confinement, and father’s death
Political prisoner Tatsiana Batura, who spent 46 days in the Akrestsina detention center, was allowed to attend her father's funeral. She was able to leave the country afterwards.
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Rechytsa resident dies after being detained by police
A 27-year-old Rechytsa resident died on New Year's Eve in a hospital, where he was brought from a police station. On 3 January, it was reported that several friends of…
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How Belarusians resisted regime in 2021
Despite the brutal repressions, Belarusians continued to fight Alexander Lukashenko's regime in 2021. Courtyard marches, flash mobs, protest graffiti and leaflets, destruction of surveillance cameras, blocking of railways, and large-scale…
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Authorities label Radio Svaboda as extremist
Belarusian authorities added Radio Svaboda to its registry of extremist organizations, which means that Belarusians who subscribe to it online could face up to six years in prison.
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Draconian sentences in “anarchists’ case”
Activists of the Belarusian anarchist movement Ihar Alinevich, Siarhei Ramanau, Dzmitry Dubouski, and Dzmitry Rezanovich were sentenced to exceptionally long jail terms ranging from 18 to 20 years in medium-…
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Raman Pratasevich’s girlfriend files petition for pardon
Russian national Sofia Sapega, who had been detained along with her boyfriend, journalist Raman Pratasevich after the forced landing of a Ryanair plane in Minsk, submitted a petition for a…
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Harsh sentences of up to 18 years behind bars in “Tsikhanouski case”
Siarhei Tsikhanouski was sentenced to 18 years in prison. EU and US politicians have strongly condemned the politically motivated prison sentences.