One of the oldest political prisoners in Belarus and a union leader Vasil Berasneu, 74, was released following an amnesty.

On August 20, 2024, the Vitsebsk Regional Court started the second in camera trial of Volha Brytsikava, the former Chairperson of the workpl

Repressions against union leaders and representatives continue in Belarus. The security forces of Lukashenka’s regime have included Volha Br

The political prisoner and the REP union activist Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk, who is currently held in a pre-trial detention facility, awaits

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has released its 2024 Labour Rights Index rating countries in terms of their...

The 112th International Labour Conference in Geneva (Switzerland) elected the political prisoner and leader of the Belarusian Congress of De

Today, Place des Nations in Geneva saw a protest action intended to draw attention to the fates of dozens of trade union activists suffering

Political prisoner Aliaksandr Gashnikau faces harsher sentence

Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk now faces charges of disobeying the administration of her penitentiary (Article 411 of the RB Criminal Code) for th

On May 13, 2024, a meeting of the Women’s Committee of the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, and Allied Workers’...

On this day, demonstrations rolled across Germany. This year, the German TU center DGB organized actions under the slogan “Higher Wages, Mor

On April 19, the Austrian Trade Union Confederation (ÖGB) took part in the International Day of Action for Trade Union Rights and Democracy

A post supporting imprisoned Belarusian union leaders has now appeared on Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s official page.

The union activist Aliaksandr Kashpul faces a potential transfer to prison

On March 21, Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk, a Belarusian political prisoner, will have her next birthday in prison.

As a part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandByYou, Ottmar von Holtz (Alliance 90/The Greens), Luiza Licina-Bode (SPD), Michael Sacher (Alli

According to Brest newspaper "Viasna," Zinaida Mikhniuk, a 62-year-old trade union leader of the democratic Trade Union of Radioelectronic I

Political prisoner, member of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union Aliaksandr Gashnikau celebrates his birthday in prison today. Aliaksand

Trade unionist and political prisoner Vasil Berasneu turns 73 today, which he celebrates behind bars in SIZO-1, where he has been held sinc

Trade union activist and editor of the bulletin of the Belarusian trade union of workers of the radio-electronic industry Vatslau Areshka is