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Vegan food, “Green patrol”, and eco-school

Eco-activists in Minsk held an “open day”. 08.02.2016 | 08:37

Point of view: If negative economic trends persist, the unemployment rate in 2016 may threefold

During 2015 the number of unemployed in Belarus increased by 19 100 people – 1% of the economically active population. Unemployment grew due to mass lay-offs in industry, construction and agriculture. 07.02.2016 | 10:56

To avoid brutality and abuse of power Belarus’ police needs better training and greater transparency

On 30 January, dozens of Belarusians stood before the Higher Court to protest police brutality. They reacted to the harsh beating of two civic activists and a journalist inside a Minsk court earlier. 07.02.2016 | 08:26

Belarus' authorities used local authorities to sooth entrepreneurs’ protest moods and localize them

Spontaneous protest activity has grown in business environment and the idea of creating a broad national movement is trending. 06.02.2016 | 10:48

BAJ appeals to Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression re beating of the journalist

The letter also informed about the continuing administrative prosecution of freelance journalists contributing to foreign mass media without accreditation. 06.02.2016 | 09:35

Barys Zhaliba vs. Aleh Volchak: Why do corrupters get back to responsible posts?

The economist Barys Zhaliba and lawyer Aleh Volchak talk about the new practice of returning ex-officials convicted of corruption back from prison to new responsible positions. 05.02.2016 | 13:24

Zhanna Litvina and Ales Bialiatski discussed human rights situation in Belarus with EU officials

Ales Bialiatski, Chair of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" and Zhanna Litvina, ex-chair of the Belarusian Association of Journalists have arrived on a working visit to Brussels on February 2. 05.02.2016 | 08:00

Volha Smalianka: Human rights fighters are displeased with observer status in West-Belarus dialog

International community should know about the consolidated stance of Belarusan human rights defenders, emphasizes Volha Smalianka, the head of the Centre for Legal Transformation “Lawtrend”. 04.02.2016 | 09:07

Study conducted in Belarus shows high level of tolerance to people with disabilities among youth

Young people have difficulties in communication with persons with disabilities people because they lack experience and communication skills, mark the researchers. 03.02.2016 | 09:54

Viachaslau Pilipuk: It is the authorities who are driving entrepreneurs to protests

The Republican Public Association Perspective is preparing a demonstration at Bangalore Square in Minsk till “all legal forms of protest are exhausted”. 03.02.2016 | 08:23

Report on the monitoring of Belarus roadmap for higher education reform implementation

The report is prepared by the Ad Hoc Commission of Belarusian National Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum Platform. 02.02.2016 | 12:11

Ulad Vialichka: The Civil Society Forum doesn’t need radical changes now

The transformations of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum have already been introduced. Now what the Forum needs is concrete definition of the directions that have already been launched. 02.02.2016 | 08:17

The new draft law might threaten the already marginalized LGBT community in Belarus

Belarus is toying with a Russian-style “anti-propaganda” bill, potentially limiting the free expression of LGBT people, writes Slava Bortnik. 01.02.2016 | 10:45

Office for the Rights of the Disabled starts a new stage of “Deinstitutionalization” campaign

The Office and Lithuanian NGO “Perspectives of psychic health” launched a joint project “Deinstitutionalization as a possibility to promote human rights of persons with disabilities in Belarus”. 31.01.2016 | 08:02

Belarus is at the 107th place in Corruption Perceptions Index 2015

All in all, the ranking includes 168 countries. Belarus comes up to the 107th place, together with Argentina and Cote d’Ivoire. 30.01.2016 | 08:05

Belarus is the 1st country in Europe to print UN Convention on the Rights of the Disabled in Braille

The info center that printed the Convention in Braille can help anyone with visual impairments to change information to a convenient format: Braille, audio file or a file with tactile graphics. 29.01.2016 | 11:54

OSCE condemns attack on journalist by police and calls on the authorities to ensure his safety

In the statement on January 27 the OSCE's representative on freedom of the media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned an attack against a journalist that was carried out earlier this week by police in Belarus. 28.01.2016 | 13:07

Refugees in Belarus: Global security concerns define the refugee agenda in Belarus in 2016

Recent amendments to the law show that the state controls the possible increases of migration streams; however, being on the EU’s periphery, Belarus shouldn’t fear mass arrivals of asylum-seekers. 28.01.2016 | 12:11

Valiantsin Stefanovich on graffiti trial: No changes in the system happened; January is disturbing

"Let's hope that there’ll be no imprisonments, yet the process once again claims that the graffiti trial is politically motivated," - the Deputy Chair of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" said. 28.01.2016 | 08:46

Journalist beaten at the hearing of the graffiti case

Pavel Dabravolski, a reporter for the tut.by portal, was detained and beaten in court of the Frunzienski district. 27.01.2016 | 09:32

Uladzimir Dunaeu: We are the witnesses of how academic freedoms are violated

Today, on January 27, the Public Bologna Committee presents its report on the monitoring in education from the moment of Belarus’ conventional admission to the Bologna process till the end of 2015. 27.01.2016 | 08:31

Patriotic graffiti case trial takes place in Minsk

Vadzim Zharomski, Viachaslau Kasinerau, and Maksim Piakarski are answering charges over Belarusian-language graffiti. 26.01.2016 | 08:07

Pavel Tserashkovich: Belarusan authorities don’t want to increase the universities’ autonomy

The authorities’ wish to control the appointment of the heads of universities hampers the fulfillment of the roadmap of Bologna process. 25.01.2016 | 16:56

Opinion: The state lacks a comprehensive anticrisis program and a roadmap for socio-economic reforms

Currently, the authorities seek to lower tension in society over reduced state’s social guarantees, while preserving the state monopoly in the economy. 24.01.2016 | 10:23