The Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) has joined a joint statement by a coalition of human rights organisations assessing the continuing political repression in Belarus.

A new report dated 14 September 2026 by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Nils Muižnieks, gives particular attention to labour relations. The document focuses primarily on women’s rights and gender equality, but a significant part of it addresses employment, pay, workplace discrimination, the situation of independent trade unions and forced labour.

On 8–9 October, Sofia hosted the PERC Women’s Conference, dedicated to the care economy, decent work and the role of trade unions in protecting care workers. Maryia Taradzetskaya represented Belarusian independent trade unions on behalf of the BKDP.

Belarusian political prisoner and activist of the independent REP trade union Vatslau Areshka has become completely blind. This was reported by a relative of the political prisoner who has been informed about his condition in the penal colony.

Siarhei Antusevich, Deputy Chair of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP), took part in the international conference Solidarity Without Borders — Historical Traditions and Contemporary Challenges, held on 30 September in the historic hall of the Gdańsk Shipyard.

Uladzimir Habrau, founder of the pro-Russian militarist club Skif, works as a specialist in ideological work, social and youth policy at the Rechytsa Department of Technological Transport, which is part of PA Belorusneft. According to Flagshtok, he has held the position since at least September 2025.

On 25–26 September, Vilnius hosted the conference Medicine and Healthcare of the Future: From Current Problems to a New Model. The main organisers included the Salidarnast Association and the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP). The independent medical workers’ trade union Panacea, the Medical Solidarity Foundation, the White Coats media project and Doctors for Truth and Justice also took part in organising the event.

Belarusian Interior Minister Ivan Kubrakou has said that workplaces should become one of the priority areas for the security forces’ “preventive” work. He made the statement on 23 September during Interior Ministry command-and-staff exercises in the Homiel region.

A member of the German Bundestag Helge Limburg, who has taken on a symbolic partnership with a Belarusian political prisoner and trade union activist Andrei Paheryla, has once again sent him a letter. In it, the MP wished Andrei a happy birthday and reminded him that he has not been forgotten in Germany.

The pro-government Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus (FPB), already firmly integrated into the state system, is increasingly turning into an ideological structure far removed from its original purpose. It is no longer even making much effort to conceal this formally. Siarhei Antusevich, Deputy Chair of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP), comments on the FPB’s growing activity on the ideological front.