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Brazilian trade union activists call for an end to repression in Belarus
Dozens of trade union activists from Brazil have joined an international campaign to free trade union leaders in Belarus who were convicted
May 9, 20233 min read


Argentine Trade Union Leaders Demand the Release of Belarusian Trade Unionists
The leaders and activists of Argentina's trade union association ANCLA (National Class Anti-Bureaucratic Association) are in solidarity with
May 9, 20233 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


Participants of a commemorative event in Berlin expressed support for trade unions in Belarus
May 2, 2023 marks the 90th anniversary of the defeat of the German labour movement by the National Socialists. To mark the occasion, the DGB
May 5, 20232 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


Trade union activist became a finalist of the international Global Advocacy Award
Political prisoner lawyer and consultant Aliaksandr Kapshul, sentenced to 15 years in prison by the regime, was one of three finalists for t
Apr 28, 20231 min read


May 1 – Day of Unbreakable Solidarity
Association "Salidarnast" will take part in the action devoted to May 1, which will take place in Bremen (Germany). On this day, protests
Apr 28, 20231 min read


Technogenic catastrophe that caused political changes in Belarus
Today marks the 37th anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which changed not only the environmental situation in
Apr 26, 20234 min read


The leadership of the BKDP is included in the "List of extremists"
According to the human rights organisation Viasna, on 21 April the Belarusian Interior Ministry compiled the traditional Friday update of th
Apr 25, 20231 min read


Freedom for trade unionists in Belarus. Join the campaign on LabourStart!
On 19 April, the LabourStart platform launched a campaign to collect signatures for a petition demanding the release of trade union leaders
Apr 21, 20231 min read


An action in support of Belarusian trade unions took place in the center of Berlin
On April 19, a picket was held in the center of Berlin, near the Brandenburger Tor, organized by the Association "Salidarnast" demanding the
Apr 20, 20232 min read


Representatives of LIS from 18 countries demand the release of political prisoners in Belarus
Representatives of the International Socialist League (LIS) from 18 countries recorded a video appeal demanding the release of Belarusian po
Apr 14, 20231 min read


Picket in the center of Berlin on the anniversary of mass arrests of trade union activists
On April 19, 2023, we invite everyone to join our event demanding the release of the Belarusian trade union activists. On this day, we will
Apr 13, 20231 min read


Trade union activity is not extremism!
The campaign "Trade Union Activity - Not Extremism!" was launched to draw international attention to the situation of workers' rights in Bel
Apr 11, 20233 min read


Cotton Campaign held an action of solidarity with Belarusian trade unionists
On 6 April, the Cotton Campaign held its annual meeting in Washington DC, including a public meeting to discuss the progress made by the coa
Apr 7, 20231 min read


Pazniakou: "We are witnessing the logical end of relations between Lukashenka's regime and the ILO"
Chairman of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP) and Acting Chairman of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) Ma
Apr 5, 20231 min read


Sentences for the leaders of the REP trade union were upheld
On 5 January political prisoners Hennadz Fiadynich, Vasil Berasneu and Vatslau Areshka, accused in the "REP trade union case", were sentence
Apr 3, 20231 min read


Bundestag deputy wrote an open letter to political prisoner Andrei Paheryla
"Godfathers" of political prisoners continue to publish open letters for their wards, because the administrations of Belarusian prisons deli
Apr 3, 20232 min read


Leanid Sudalenka has been behind bars for 800 days
Human rights defender and trade union lawyer Leanid Sudalenka has already served 800 days. He is now in a penal colony, where he is serving
Mar 30, 20231 min read


Belarusians "exposed" at the 2020 protests are not hired
Earlier we wrote that mass layoffs of “unreliable” workers who were seen in protests or independent trade unions do not stop in Belarus. How
Mar 29, 20234 min read
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