Tag: Feature story


Liliya Vlasova told about the meeting in the pre-trial detention center of the Committee for State Security 30 October 2020, 22:05 | Radio Free Europe In the interview to the Russian TV channel “Dozhd” a member of the Coordination Council Read more…


Azot employees spoke about the strike and job loss 30 October 2020, 9:50 | BELSAT At least 16 people were fired at Hrodna Azot for joining the strike. There are not enough employees at each shift, which creates a risk Read more…


29 October 2020 | Viasna Human Rights Center Five 17-year-old students of one of the Minsk universities were detained on 27 October after a rally of solidarity with the students on strike. All five were detained in the courtyard of Read more…


Enterprise employees go in single strikes and don’t show up for work 27 October 2020, 19:28 | Hanna Rybchynskaya, Aliaksandra Kvitkevich, FINANCE.TUT.BY Protest moods are now present at many of the country’s enterprises. At some, employees are going on strike Read more…


March participants on the brutal dispersal, explosions, and the “trap” 26 October 2020, 19:36 | Maya Kahno, TUT.BY Brutal dispersal of the march on Sunday took place on Arlouskaya street. It happened when people were leaving. Riot police were grabbing Read more…


Stories of political prisoners who are mothers of many children 18 October 2020, 6:07 | Evgeniya Dolgaya, Reform.by Throughout the week, state media published Mother’s Day congratulations, while state TV channels broadcasted stories showing officials presenting awards to mothers of Read more…


Riot police chronicles of how to beat and bludgeon women 14 October 2020 | KYKY Mother’s Day is celebrated on 14 October in Belarus. And this year it was commemorated with the story shared by Anna Matulyak on her Facebook. Read more…


How law enforcement officers mutilated protesters, a study by Mediazona 13 October 2020, 14:30 | Maxim Litavrin, David Frenkel, Egor Skovoroda, Anastasia Boyko, Mediazona Amidst the protests that swept the country in August-September 2020, at least 1,376 people in Minsk Read more…


16 September 2020 | Anton Somin, Arzamas Why is taking off one’s shoes when stepping onto a bench at a protest not pamiarkounasts, but hodnasts? Who drives a bus – a Russian vadzitsel or a Polish kiroutsa? What do Belarusians Read more…


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2 October 2020 | Yanina Melnikova, Green Belarus The election campaign and the peaceful protests that followed changed the political and social landscape in Belarus and at the same time affected the Belarusian communities all over the world. The famous Read more…