Large protests erupted in Belarus following Sunday’s presidential election. Thousands of people took to the streets to protest the election results that appear to be heavily falsified. The prote...
On Sunday 9 August, presidential elections will be held in Belarus. While no one doubts that President Lukashenka will use all means to keep his grip on power, the dissatisfaction with the president h...
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...
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