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Vatslau Areshka, a man with a spine
In January this year, the political prisoner, renowned union activists turned 70.
Mar 273 min read


One of imprisoned REP leaders was released
One of the oldest political prisoners in Belarus and a union leader Vasil Berasneu, 74, was released following an amnesty.
Aug 26, 20241 min read


Belarusian trade union activists have won recognition by UN of their rights violations after 5 years
The UN Human Rights Committee found the Belarusian Government guilty of violating the right to peaceful assembly of three independent union
Aug 19, 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 25, 20242 min read


The activist of the REP trade union is at liberty
According to Brest newspaper "Viasna," Zinaida Mikhniuk, a 62-year-old trade union leader of the democratic Trade Union of Radioelectronic I
Jan 30, 20241 min read


Political prisoner Vatslau Areshka turns 69 today
Trade union activist and editor of the bulletin of the Belarusian trade union of workers of the radio-electronic industry Vatslau Areshka is
Jan 18, 20241 min read


A trade union activist became a laureate of the Human Rights Award
The laureates of the Human Rights Community Award for 2023 have been announced. The awarding ceremony took place on December 10th in Vilnius
Dec 11, 20231 min read


The date of appeal against the sentence of the REP trade union activist is known
On October 9th , Judge Stanislau Ivanyutsenka found Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk guilty of "malicious disobedience to the colony administration"
Nov 22, 20231 min read


The trade union leader of the REP was returned to the colony
Maksim Pazniakou, interim chairman of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP), told "Svaboda" about the situation with pol
Nov 1, 20232 min read


Political prisoner-activist Sharenda-Panasiuk was sentenced to another year of imprisonment
The trial, which started on October 2nd in the court of Rechytsa district, became a new stage in the difficult fate of this public activist
Oct 10, 20232 min read


The imprisoned trade union leader was hospitalized, he needs a kidney transplant
Vasil Berasneu, a political prisoner in the "case of independent trade unions", serving his sentence in Mahiliou penal colony No. 15, was ur
Oct 6, 20232 min read


The next stage of the trial over the activist of the REP trade union has started
The next stage of the trial over the activist of the REP trade union Polina Sharenda-Panasiuk, who refuses to recognize the legitimacy of th
Oct 4, 20232 min read


The public and trade union activist is tried again
The trial of political prisoner Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk from Brest will start on October 2 at 10 am. Palina is charged under Part 1 of Arti
Sep 21, 20231 min read


A trade union activist has ended her hunger strike
The demands of the imprisoned trade union activist Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk for more humane conditions of detention have been met, the Human
Aug 31, 20231 min read


An activist of the REP trade union was beaten in the colony
According to human rights activists "Viasna", political activist Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk was beaten in the penal colony № 24, against whom
Jul 21, 20231 min read


Another criminal case was opened against the activist of the REP trade union
Political prisoner and activist of the Belarusian Trade Union of Radioelectronic Industry (REP) Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk refused to undergo
Jul 18, 20232 min read


The activist of the REP trade union was sentenced to two years of restricted freedom
Halina Smirnova, activist of the liquidated Belarusian trade union of radioelectronic industry workers (REP), was sentenced to two years of
Jun 19, 20231 min read


Persecution of former trade union activists in Belarus continues
In Uzda, Minsk region, local law enforcement forces are persecuting former trade union activist Viktar Kryval. Local authorities have admini
Jun 6, 20231 min read


Persecution and mistreatment of trade union activists does not stop: The story of Viktar Krival
On April 8, 2023, three officers of the Uzda police raided the house of a former activist of the union REP, which was liquidated in Belarus
May 13, 20232 min read


REP and SPB activists were put on the "List of Extremists"
On May 5, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus prepared the traditional Friday update of the "List of citizens of Belarus, foreign ci
May 5, 20231 min read
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