In the shadow of the war in Ukraine, repression in Belarus has intensified. Trade union activists have become prime targets. Many have been imprisoned, while others have been forced to continue their work from exile. But even four years after all trade union organizations were banned, the determination to change Europe’s last dictatorship remains as strong as ever.

On May 25, at the 15th Congress of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), Maksim Pazniakou, acting chair of the Belarusian Congress