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SPB activist sentenced to 3.5 years of imprisonment

On 17 May in Minsk City Court, presided by Judge Angela Kastiukevich, the verdict was pronounced against Aliaksandr Kandratsiuk, a researche

Persecution and mistreatment of trade union activists does not stop: The story of Viktar Krival

On April 8, 2023, three officers of the Uzda police raided the house of a former activist of the union REP, which was liquidated in Belarus

Belarus was one of the topics discussed at the LabourStart conference

The Global Solidarity Conference of LabourStart was held in Tbilisi, Georgia, gathering hundreds of trade union leaders and activists from a

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

Protesters in Argentina demand to stop persecution of workers in Belarus

Yesterday, April 12, protesting against the repression of the Belarusian authorities against trade union activists, was held near the embass

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

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

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

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

REP trade union activist detained on the eve of Freedom Day

On 24 March, mass searches and detentions took place in Babruisk, the human rights centre Viasna reported. Some citizens were released after

Belarus must end systematic repression, release detainees, UN Human Rights Chief says

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called on the Belarusian government to stop the systematic repression of those considered

Workers were detained in Gomel

According to "Svaboda" mass arrests of employees took place at the plant "Gomel Casting and Normal", which is part of the holding "GOMSELMAS

Mass dismissals for political reasons in Belarus

Persecution of disloyal workers in Belarus has become permanent and widespread. This was confirmed by the dismissal of about 30 employees at

Belarus is a country without trade unions

Mass trials have begun in Belarus against leaders and activists of free and independent trade unions united in the Congress of Democratic Tr