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Oct 152 min read

New trial of Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk began

Another trial of the political prisoner and union activist Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk started in the Rechitsk District Court on October 14

Sep 171 min read

Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk was again put in disciplinary cell after transfer to Homyel pre-trial detention facility

The political prisoner Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk has been transferred back to the Homel pre-trial detention facility where she was immediatel

Aug 261 min read

New trial of union activist Volha Brytsikava started in Vitsebsk

On August 20, 2024, the Vitsebsk Regional Court started the second in camera trial of Volha Brytsikava, the former Chairperson of the workpl

Aug 131 min read

8 workers detained on “extremism dissemination” charges in Smargon

On August 7, 8 people were detained in Smargon, all of them are workers at a local industrial enterprise. hpravy.org reports that the detent

Jul 312 min read

Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk is in prison with life-threatening diagnosis

The political prisoner and union activist Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk siffers from “chronic pancreatitis of moderate severity” – a serious cond

Jul 311 min read

Security forces uncovered subscribers to “extremist resources” in Sennenskaya hospital

Security forces officers raided the Sennenskaya Central District Hospital to uncover 5 employees who were subscribed to “extremist resources

Jul 301 min read

Mass polygraph testing for Belarusian workers

Belarusian workers are tested on polygraph in large numbers. Some are subject to short-time detention for several days.

Jul 12 min read

Union leader Volha Brytsikava listed as “extremist”

Repressions against union leaders and representatives continue in Belarus. The security forces of Lukashenka’s regime have included Volha Br

Jun 252 min read

Female trade union activist waits for new trial having spent 70 days in punitive isolation ward

The political prisoner and the REP union activist Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk, who is currently held in a pre-trial detention facility, awaits

Jun 211 min read

Activist of independent union at BMZ faces harsher custodial conditions

On May 28, 2024, the court of Navapolatsk had a hearing on the imposition of harsher custodial conditions for Aliaksandr Gashnikau, an activ

Jun 201 min read

9 workers detained at the Haver & Boecker subsidiary

“Mediazone” has become aware of the names and the reasons related to the detention of workers at a German subsidiary in the town of Lida.

Jun 191 min read

Union lawyer sentenced in absentia to 5 years in jail

On June 17, 2024, the Homyel Regional Court concluded the trial in absentia of the former political prisoner and union lawyer Leanid Sudalen

Jun 181 min read

Law enforcement and security agencies boast “purging a Lida plant of extremists”

On June 14, 2024, a private plant in the Grodna Region saw a so-called “anti-extremist operation”. The published video shows fully clad nat

Jun 132 min read

Trial of Belarusian union lawyer began in absentia

On June 12, 2024, the Homyel Regional Court begins the in absentia hearing of the case against the former political prisoner Leanid Sudalenk

Jun 112 min read

Closed court hearing of the trade union leader Volha Brytsikava’s case to take place in Vitsebsk

On June 11, 2024, the criminal case of Volha Brytsikava, the leader of the Naftan workplace union affiliated to the BNP, will be tried in ca

Mar 201 min read

Another Birthday Behind Bars

On March 21, Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk, a Belarusian political prisoner, will have her next birthday in prison.

Feb 291 min read

BMZ employee sentenced to one year in prison

Homiel Regional Court passed a sentence on a former employee of the metallurgical plant in Zhlobin, Dzmitser Shcharbina,

Feb 261 min read

Detentions of workers after the transfer of Tsikhanouskaya' in Minsk subway

Employees of the Main Department for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption (GUBOP) continue to detain workers who took part in protests a

Feb 141 min read

A BMZ employee will be tried for "inciting social hatred"

Dzmitry Shcharbina, an employee of the OJSC Belarusian Steel Works (BMZ), who was promised to be released after his arrest, will be tried un

Feb 141 min read

Gazprom Transgaz Belarus employees detained

Recently, law enforcers detained at least three employees of Gazprom Transgaz Belarus. Information about this appeared in the telegram chann