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
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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 243 min read
Solidarity with Belarusian healthcare workers resounded at EPSU Congress
Today the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) concluded its Congress in Bucharest, Romania, which has brought together deleg
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 142 min read
Belarus among top ten worst countries for workers
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has released its 2024 Labour Rights Index rating countries in terms of their...
Jun 131 min read
Political prisoner Aliaksandr Yarashuk elected to ILO Governing Body
The 112th International Labour Conference in Geneva (Switzerland) elected the political prisoner and leader of the Belarusian Congress of De
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
Jun 76 min read
112th International Labour Conference examines violations of workers’ rights in Belarus
Within the framework of the 112th International Labour Conference in Geneva, the Committee on Application of Standards held a special sittin
Jun 52 min read
Demands to release Belarusian unionists in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva
Today, Place des Nations in Geneva saw a protest action intended to draw attention to the fates of dozens of trade union activists suffering
Jun 33 min read
ILO ran a High-Level Round Table on violations of workers’ rights in Belarus
On May 28, 2024, the headquarters of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva hosted a high-level roundtable to discuss the imp
May 271 min read
Political prisoner Aliaksandr Gashnikau faces harsher sentence
Political prisoner Aliaksandr Gashnikau faces harsher sentence
May 242 min read
Rally in support of arrested Belarusian Trade Unionists to take place in Geneva
A protest rally is scheduled to take place in Geneva on June 4th at the Place des Nations 13.30-14.30 to draw attention to the plight of doz
May 231 min read
Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk is yet again accused of disobeying administration of her penitentiary
Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk now faces charges of disobeying the administration of her penitentiary (Article 411 of the RB Criminal Code) for th
May 212 min read
A story of female unionists in Belarusian prisons told at the IUF Women’s Committee meeting
On May 13, 2024, a meeting of the Women’s Committee of the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, and Allied Workers’...
May 31 min read
On May 1 Belarusian union activists demanded release of political prisoners
On this day, demonstrations rolled across Germany. This year, the German TU center DGB organized actions under the slogan “Higher Wages, Mor
Apr 301 min read
Belgian unions demand release of political prisoners in Belarus
The leaders of the three national trade union centers in Belgium representing 3.5 million Belgian workers expressed their utter indignation
Apr 242 min read
Action in Berlin demands release of Belarusian union activists
A rally in Berlin on April 19 which gathered around 20 representatives of German and Belarusian independent unions became a part of the glob
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