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Mozyr Oil Refinery worker faces trial under two criminal articles
Ihor Shukanau, 62, is accused of participation in protest actions and defamation of Aliaksander Lukashenka, reports “Nasha Niva”.


Oct 15, 20242 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 17, 20241 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 26, 20241 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 13, 20241 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 31, 20242 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 31, 20241 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 30, 20241 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 1, 20242 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 25, 20242 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 21, 20241 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 20, 20241 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 19, 20241 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 18, 20241 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 13, 20242 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 11, 20242 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 20, 20241 min read
Another Birthday Behind Bars
On March 21, Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk, a Belarusian political prisoner, will have her next birthday in prison.


Feb 29, 20241 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 26, 20241 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 14, 20241 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
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