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“Until the very last moment, I could not believe that Kyiv would be bombed…”
Thousands of Belarusians, forced to flee the Lukashenko regime's repression and find a new home in Ukraine, became refugees for the second time because of the Russia-Ukraine war.
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“A busload of Ukrainian women defended me.” Artsiom’s story of being a refugee twice over
Thousands of Belarusians, forced to flee the Lukashenko regime's repression and find a new home in Ukraine, became refugees for a second time because of the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Svetlana Alexievich: “We are dealing with Russian fascism, and Belarus is under occupation”
The Nobel Prize laureate in Literature Svetlana Alexievich talked with the Ukrainian Freedom Channel about the war, her new book, and her conversations with Putin's and Lukashenko's supporters. We feature…
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“Polish border guards didn’t want to let us in”. How Belarusians become refugees twice over
Aksana Dabryyanets and her daughter Valeryia had to flee from the repression of the Belarusian regime to Ukraine in 2021. After the Russia-Ukraine war began, staying in Ukraine became dangerous,…
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39 events took place worldwide to commemorate executed poets
The Belarusian diaspora held events in 20 countries to pay tribute to Belarusian poets, novelists, translators, and critics who were executed during Stalinist repressions in 1937.
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Europe today is where they know exactly what “fascism” and “extremism” are
Two more books in Belarusian were added to the list of materials declared "extremist" by the regime. Belarusian writer Alhierd Bacharevič writes about Europe's silent reaction to the book ban…
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Criminal case opened for making a documentary
A criminal case has been launched against Volha Shved, a director of the documentary about Kastus Kalinouski. According to security forces, Shved incites hatred on national grounds by having made…
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“Political prisoners are treated worse than murderers”
Aksana Kaspiarovich was detained at her workplace in September 2021 in connection with the so-called "Zeltsar case": she made comments on Instagram about the murder of the IT professional Andrei…
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Singer detained in Minsk after performing Ukrainian song
Minsk singer Meriem Herasimenka was detained after a street concert where she had performed a song by a Ukrainian band.
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya becomes laureate of Four Freedoms Award
The Roosevelt Foundation awarded Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya the Four Freedoms Award for her tireless work as the leader of the peaceful resistance against Lukashenko's oppressive regime.