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Zmicier Dashkevich: I can show you every corner of my hospitable country
Zmicier Dashkevich: I can show you every corner of my hospitable country
Minsk hosted the Ice Hockey World Championship in May; however, it didn’t cancel the problem of political prisoners, who continue serving their terms in Belarusan prisons.  28.05.2014 | 10:07
Office for the rights of persons with disabilities is calling to sign the Convention with heart
Office for the rights of persons with disabilities is calling to sign the Convention with heart
The campaign aimed at joining to the voluntary initiative was launched a month ago. Any person or an organization can sign the Convention to try to follow its principles in everyday life and at work.  25.05.2014 | 09:07
Siarhei Drazdouski: Accessibility Week is a resolute challenge to the weak awareness of the society
Siarhei Drazdouski: Accessibility Week is a resolute challenge to the weak awareness of the society
On May 22 the events which forestall the Accessibility Week kicked off in Minsk. The first is presentation of the report on monitoring of the accessibility of the infrastructure during the IHWC-2014.  23.05.2014 | 09:20
EU called upon Belarus to immediately stop arrests and release public activists
EU called upon Belarus to immediately stop arrests and release public activists
The European Union is concerned about the harassment, arbitrary arrest and detention of dozens of representatives of civil society on the threshold of the World Ice Hockey Championship.  18.05.2014 | 08:44
The European Union once again urged Belarus to join a global moratorium on the death penalty
The European Union once again urged Belarus to join a global moratorium on the death penalty
The EU condemned Belarusan authorities for execution of yet another capital punishment.  15.05.2014 | 09:33
Marek Migalski was denied entry to Belarus
Marek Migalski was denied entry to Belarus
A member of the European Parliament was taken off a Warsaw train in Brest.  13.05.2014 | 09:28
Reporters Without Borders publishes a report on Belarus
Reporters Without Borders publishes a report on Belarus
In the analysis entitle “Belarus: Apparatus of repression” various mechanisms of exerting pressure on the freedom of expression, as well as the journalists who suffered from this pressure, are listed.  08.05.2014 | 10:31
9 political prisoners in Belarus are in critical situation, freedom for 32 activists is restricted
9 political prisoners in Belarus are in critical situation, freedom for 32 activists is restricted
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Human Rights Centre “Viasna” issued a report on the condition of political prisoners and limitation of freedom for civil activists in Belarus.  08.05.2014 | 08:43
Elena Tonkacheva: Russia should seriously consider which place it will take in Hague probe
Elena Tonkacheva: Russia should seriously consider which place it will take in Hague probe
What will be the consequences of Russia’s motion to the Hague probe against Ukrainian authorities for “decoupling civil war and genocide in the east”? And what CIS deputies mean by “quasi-court”?  08.05.2014 | 07:49
Before the world hockey championship preventive detentions are unfolding in Minsk
Before the world hockey championship preventive detentions are unfolding in Minsk
Recently a lot of social and political activists were arrested and detained in Minsk.  07.05.2014 | 10:17
Germany is initiating second Geneva conference on the situation in Ukraine
Germany is initiating second Geneva conference on the situation in Ukraine
The head of the German Foreign Ministry Frank-Walter Steinmeier called on the conduction of the international conference on Ukraine.  05.05.2014 | 11:44
Belarus’s is among eight countries with worst media freedom index, Freedom House says
Belarus’s is among eight countries with worst media freedom index, Freedom House says
The report issued on May 1 shows that the vast majority of people in Eurasia live in not free media environments. Global press freedom is in decline, too, falling to its lowest level in over a decade.  02.05.2014 | 08:10
On the threshold of the IIHC in Minsk human rights fighters call for “fair play”
On the threshold of the IIHC in Minsk human rights fighters call for “fair play”
The statement named “Belarus Must Play Fair, in Sports and Beyond” calls on Belarus’ leaders and citizens to take decisive steps towards making Belarus an open and democratic country.  29.04.2014 | 14:03
Will political prisoners have a chance to be released soon?
Will political prisoners have a chance to be released soon?
Considering that the parliament was expected to review a bill on amnesty in 2014, hypothetically the bill can be applied to Belarusan political prisoners.  23.04.2014 | 08:08
Belarusan journalists discuss media freedom in Eastern Partnership countries
Belarusan journalists discuss media freedom in Eastern Partnership countries
The report shows that though in 2013 Belarus has gone up in the ratings of the EaP countries, this happened only due to the drastic deterioration of media situation in the neighboring countries.  20.04.2014 | 09:23
One more death sentence is executed in Belarus
One more death sentence is executed in Belarus
The human right fighters note that Belarus has violated the international obligations it took upon itself.  19.04.2014 | 09:20
Ales Bialiatski won the 2014 Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award
Ales Bialiatski won the 2014 Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award
Ales Bialiatski, founder of the Belarusian human rights organisation «Viasna”, is announced the Civil Rights Defender of the Year 2014.  18.04.2014 | 10:11
Belarusan media poorly cover the employment of persons with disabilities, researchers say
Belarusan media poorly cover the employment of persons with disabilities, researchers say
It was revealed during a new research held by specialists of the Centre for European Transformation and the Office for the rights of persons with disabilities.  17.04.2014 | 11:03
Fifth warning to journalists this year
Fifth warning to journalists this year
Sviatlana Stsiapanava, an independent journalist from Vitebsk, got a warning from the prosecutor's office for contributing to the Belarusian service of Polish Radio for Foreigners.  17.04.2014 | 08:51
Belarusan publisher awarded with the IPA Freedom to Publish Prize
Belarusan publisher awarded with the IPA Freedom to Publish Prize
On April 7 in London the International Publishers Association awarded the Freedom to Publish Prize to Belarusan publisher Ihar Lohvinau.  12.04.2014 | 11:36
NGOs welcome the initiative on cooperation with the Ministry of Labor and social protection
NGOs welcome the initiative on cooperation with the Ministry of Labor and social protection
A concept of State program of social integration of persons with disabilities for 2016-2020 is being developed in Belarus.  11.04.2014 | 08:26
Mikalai Autuhovich: People are ready to execute any order, even to kill
Mikalai Autuhovich: People are ready to execute any order, even to kill
A 51-year old businessman, a veteran of the Afghan war, and civil activist from Vaukavysk, has been released from Hrodna prison on April 8.  10.04.2014 | 08:09
The Ministry of Justice of Belarus issued an official warning to the United Civil Party
The Ministry of Justice of Belarus issued an official warning to the United Civil Party
Deputy chairman of the UCP Leu Marholin fears that after the official warning the liquidation of the party can be initiated.  08.04.2014 | 09:01
Belarusan human right fighters issue annual report
Belarusan human right fighters issue annual report
The Human Rights Center “Viasna” publishes a review of human rights situation in Belarus in 2013, in which the most obvious and typical violations are analyzed.  24.03.2014 | 10:13
Belarus uses Internet as a net to catch critics of the regime, says “Reporters Without Borders”
Belarus uses Internet as a net to catch critics of the regime, says “Reporters Without Borders”
However, in the Commonwealth of Independent States, it is Russia and the country's security service that seem to have the tightest grip over the Internet.  16.03.2014 | 08:46
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Gintautas Mažeikis: The relation of political field and arena in the framework of information war

In his report, philosopher Gintautas Mažeikis discusses several concepts that have been a part of the European social and philosophical thought for quite a time.

“It is our big joint work”

It is impossible to change life in cities just in three years (the timeline of the “Agenda 50” campaign implementation). But changing the structure of relationships in local communities is possible.

Shhh! Belarus Wants You to Think It’s Turning Over a New Leaf

Minsk’s muddled media clampdown could jeopardize warming of relations with the West.

Mikhail Matskevich: How to create a local agenda and make it a problem solving tool

To achieve changes, you need to be interested in them and stop pinning all hopes on the state.