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The 2025 "Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights” is awarded to Aliaksandr Yarashuk
On April 16, 2025, it was announced that the prestigious Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights has been awarded this year to Aliaksandr Yarashuk — Chairman of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP), Vice President of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), and a member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Apr 172 min read


Aliaksandr Yarashuk's detention conditions are tightened
The chairman of the BKDP, political prisoner Aliaksandr Yarashuk, is being transferred to the prison regime in Mahileu - Maksim Pazniakou, t
Sep 12, 20231 min read


CGT leader expresses support for independent trade unions in Belarus
On the backdrop of the trade unions' struggle in France against pension reform, a May Day demonstration took place in Paris, which brought t
May 3, 20231 min read


Esther Lynch: "We can't accept the fact that independent unions are being destroyed"
The Secretary General of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) reacted to the decision of the Supreme Court of Belarus, which on Mar
Mar 28, 20232 min read


The AFL-CIO congratulated the workers of Belarus and activists of the BKDP on Freedom Day
The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Trade Unions (AFL-CIO) supports trade unions and workers of Belarus in their struggl
Mar 27, 20232 min read


The verdict against the BKDP leaders was left unchanged
Today, March 24, 2023, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus considered an appeal against the decision of the Minsk City Court agains
Mar 24, 20231 min read
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