Gazetaby concludes its series of publications (please find parts one and two here) devoted to a study that became a response to an article published by one of the state-run media outlets under the rather pompous title “Belarusian Healthcare System Secures Its Human Resources, Strengthens Its Infrastructural and Technological Foundation, Expands Exports, and Goes Digital.”

Yesterday, when new information and footage appeared showing Ukrainian buses, I caught myself experiencing a strange clarity. Perhaps, for the first time since the first similar release of political prisoners, everything seemed to fall into place.

The Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) submits a report to the UN Human Rights Council for the 50th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The document speaks of the complete liquidation of independent trade unions in Belarus, repression against more than 70 trade union activists and the systematic use of forced labour.

Why independent trade unions regard it as a disguised form of forced labour