Tag: Vitsebsk


Three sisters from Vitsebsk on protests, being in prison, and changes 16 March 2021 | Tatsiana Karavenkava, NAVINY.BY The Tsiarentsieu sisters are girls with an active civic stance. All three were repeatedly arrested after the presidential elections and received both Read more…


They duct-taped their mouths in support of protests 14 November 2020 | BYHelp-Mediagroup Please turn on subtitles and choose your language in the video settings. Belarusian authorities believe that an ideal Belarusian doctor should have a sealed mouth! But doctors Read more…


TUT.BY spoke with him 31 August 2020, 18:35 | Tatiana Matveeva, TUT.BY In Vitebsk, the deputy head of the detention centre of the regional Executive Committee’s Department of Internal Affairs, police major Sergei Kovrigo, quit his job. He explained to Read more…


“Belaruskali” Workers in Soligorsk

The situation at enterprises where employees joined solidarity movements 29 August 2020, 00:23 | Anna Rybchinskaya / Alexandra Kvitkevich / Dmitry Bobkov, FINANCE.TUT.BY Employees of large enterprises have been actively involved in solidarity actions. For example, MTZ employees took to Read more…


Four stories about beatings and torture in Vitebsk 24 August 2020, 07:58 | Nasha Niva Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty ​talked to people from Vitebsk who were detained on 9 August in multiple locations across the city. People were detained in Read more…


19 August 2020 | Tatyana Nevedomskaya, DW After the brutal dispersal of protests in Belarus some security officials have given up their uniforms. DW has collected stories shared by those who have left the force. What drove them to quit Read more…


August 15, 2020, finance.tut.by According to our information, a rally in support of Aliaksandr Lukashenka is planned to be held next to the government building. It has been reported by readers from different regions who are forced to visit the Read more…


Key events since election day 12 August 2020, 12:46 | TUT.BY All of Belarus has experienced an unprecedented three days of internet problems which, as we all hoped, were over by Wednesday morning, 12 August. A significant proportion of the Read more…


Protests in Gomel

Violence, shootings, and barricades. One person dead 11 August 2020, 04:23 | Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty On August 10, for the second night in a row thousands of protesters took to the streets across Belarus. People showed their Read more…