As Belarus is well into the campaign ahead of the presidential election on 9 August, we witness both old practices and some surprising changes compared to previous presidential elections. The co...
Homophobia and transphobia remain widespread in Belarus. Following a recent statement by the country’s Ministry of Health, the LGBTI+ community now worries that Belarus will follow the same path as Ru...
The opposition won no seats in the parliamentary election in Belarus on 17 November. Election observers claim the election had significant shortcomings and highlight an overall disregard for fundament...
On 17 November, parliamentary elections will be held in Belarus. They will be followed by presidential elections next year. Civil Rights Defenders recently spoke to two human rights defenders about th...
Civil Rights Defenders and several other human rights organisations urge Belarus to free Tajik journalist and activist Farhod Odinaev. He was detained by Belarusian migration authorities, under a Taji...
On 12 June, Civil Rights Defenders joined Amnesty International, Human Rights House Foundation, Human Rights Watch and the International Federation for Human Rights in calling on Member and Observer ...
Independent voices from Belarus: Close-up with Katerina Bakhvalova, journalist at Belsat Independent journalists in Belarus are constantly faced with the risk of receiving heavy fines, being violently...
All over the world, journalists are targeted, threatened, and even murdered, because of their work. Sharing important information, journalists are often perceived as a threat by the authorities, who n...
Independent voices from Belarus: Close-up with Pavel Slepuhin, photo correspondent at Ex-press.by Pavel Slepuhin is a photo correspondent working in Borisov, a small town in Belarus. Like many of hi...
Independent voices from Belarus: Close-up with Olga Chaychits, journalist at Belsat Working as an independent journalist in Belarus means working under constant pressure. This however does not stop Ol...
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