The tax on unemployment
Belarusian state officials have got a two month deadline from Alexander Lukashenko for the development of a plan to combat “parasitism”. That’s how the long-term unemployed who refuse job offers from the state are [...]
“Platforma” is going to visit all prisons and penal colonies in Belarus
On October 6, 2014, the Department for Execution of Judgments of the Ministry of Interior issued a permit for the NGO “Platforma Innovation” to visit penitentiary institutions in Belarus.
Belarus is “fencing off” from Russia?
On September 4, 2014, Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree introducing special border zones in administrative areas at the border with the Russian Federation.
Europe is waiting for the young “volunteers” of Lukashenko?
Belarusian Republican Youth Union is the largest official youth organization in Belarus.
Who will be the single candidate?
A second woman –Alena Anisim –has announced her presidential ambitions in Belarus. The first one was Olga Karach (already in the spring of 2013).
The protector of prisoners was sentenced to three years imprisonment
The head of the human rights organization the Platform, Andrey Bondarenko, was sentenced to three years imprisonment for disorderly conduct.
The Civil War refugee from Congo brought to despair in Akrestsin
The human rights activists draw attention to the inhumane and illegal treatment of foreign citizens, who have been spending months in the Center for Isolation of Delinquents (CID) in Akrestsin before their deportation.