Plans of unlimited terror revealed in the scandalous audio recording by BYPOL [the BYPOL initiative was founded by opposition-minded former law enforcement officers of Belarus] include an intention to set up a separate labour camp […]
15.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The EU needs to make its sanctions mechanism much more effective to help defend human rights and democracy in Belarus and Russia or other countries where people are fighting with very brutal authoritarian regimes, said […]
08.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The EU should make the sanctions mechanism more effective in order to better protect democracy, in particular regarding Russia and Belarus. That was a message from a video conference on “Defending democracy in Russia and […]
05.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The European side should conduct a comprehensive dialogue in relations with Russia, French President Emmanuel Macron said during a discussion to mark the launch of the Atlantic Council's Europe Centre. "In these very sensitive regions […]
05.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The State Security Committee (KGB) of the Republic of Belarus carried out extrajudicial verdicts delivered by the president to his opponents, as evidenced by an audio recording released by EUobserver. A 24-minute audio file, recorded on 11 April 2012, […]
05.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
By order of Alexander Lukashenka, the Belarusian special services discussed the possibility of killing political rivals, including a car bomb explosion that killed journalist Pavel Sheremet, the Brussels-based independent online newspaper EUobserver reported following an investigation […]
04.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
According to the Viasna Belarusian Human Rights Centre, at least 112 people – 18 women and 94 men – in Belarus celebrated the New Year being under administrative arrest. The total number of citizens against […]
01.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Protests in Belarus have been going on for five months. Many people have been forced to seek political asylum in other countries, and Ukraine is no exception. However, the duration of stay for political refugees […]
18.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
EU countries have adopted the third sanctions bundle against the regime of Alexander Lukashenka in Belarus. EU ambassadors unanimously approved visa and property bans for another 29 individuals and, for the first time, for several […]
17.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Anna Prokofieva was forced to leave Belarus more than 10 years ago. Due to her active civil position, participation in protests, and cooperation with European organisations, the girl was expelled from her native country. Since […]
08.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
In Belarus, activists again organise mass riots against the Lukashenka regime. The riots in the "local" format have been going on in Minsk for the third week in a row. Protesters meet in the backyards […]
07.12.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
European parliamentarians strongly condemn the continuous human rights violations by state authorities in Belarus. In a debate in the European Parliament, MEPs and experts discussed the international efforts to investigate human rights abuses and seek […]
03.12.2020 • Natalia Tolub
Ukraine did not interfere in the Belarus internal affairs and did not harm the neighbouring state. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba declared this, commenting on the Minsk's statement about the preparation of a sanctions list against […]
27.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
In general, the global narratives of the pro-Kremlin media, aimed at the Belarusian audience, can be described as follows: The West in all its manifestations is bad and aggressive towards Belarus, Russia, and other countries […]
24.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine has joined the sanctions imposed by the European Union on Belarus for the presidential election's falsification and violating human rights in the country. The European Parliament's press service's statement, published on Friday, 20 November, informs […]
20.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists, 24 journalists were detained during the coverage of recent protests by Belarusians (some of whom remain in prison). In total, more than 500 repressions against journalists have been […]
17.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
With an astonishing 80.23 percent of votes in the recent Belarusian presidential elections, the incumbent president – Alyaksandr Lukashenka – has once again secured a landslide victory over his opposition. His sixth consecutive victory, however, […]
17.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
As a result of Sunday's protests in Belarus, more than 900 demonstrators were detained in Minsk and other cities, the Viasna Human Rights Centre reports. In particular, Belarusian model, Miss Belarus 2008 Olga Khizhynkova; silver […]
09.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainian youth organisations are appealing to the Government to help Belarusian students who face reprisals from the Lukashenka regime. "Protests continue in Belarus and, consequently, the people and student youth are facing reprisals. Lukashenka announced […]
03.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Belarusian border patrol reported the arrest of radical "four anarchists" with weapons, ammunition, special and other equipment near the border with Ukraine on 31 October, Saturday. Anton Bychkovsky, an official representative of Belarus’ State Border […]
01.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
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