Tag: Belarus strikes


“Spring always comes after winter” 25 January 2021, 14:18 | Radio Svaboda Radio Svaboda consultant, administrator of the Belamova Telegram channel Ihar Losik ended his hunger strike on the 42nd day. This was announced by lawyer Dzmitry Lepretar, who visited Read more…


A dictator without hockey: Lukashenko’s favorite toy was taken away 24 January 2021 | Voice of Belarus Please turn on subtitles and choose your language in the video settings. The International Ice Hockey Federation deprived Minsk of the right to Read more…


5 November 2020 | BYHelp-Mediagroup On 13 October, the people of Belarus issued an ultimatum consisting of three demands: Lukashenko must announce his resignation. Street violence must stop completely. All political prisoners must be released. The embattled government has ignored Read more…


Siarhei Dyleuski tells what would happen if strikes in Belarus stop 3 November 2020 | Maryia Mialekhina, KYKY The most famous worker in Belarus, the head of the strike committee of the Minsk Tractor Plant (MTZ) and a member of Read more…


National strike 2 November 2020 | BYHelp-Mediagroup Please turn on subtitles and choose your language in the video settings. After Alexander Lukashenko did not fulfil the requirements of the ultimatum delivered by the leader of the Belarusian protests, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Read more…


Azot employees spoke about the strike and job loss 30 October 2020, 9:50 | BELSAT At least 16 people were fired at Hrodna Azot for joining the strike. There are not enough employees at each shift, which creates a risk Read more…


Enterprise employees go in single strikes and don’t show up for work 27 October 2020, 19:28 | Hanna Rybchynskaya, Aliaksandra Kvitkevich, FINANCE.TUT.BY Protest moods are now present at many of the country’s enterprises. At some, employees are going on strike Read more…


26 October 2020 | Radio Free Europe On 26 October 2020, the day of the national strike in Belarus, pensioners and students merged in one march. A column of more than 5,000 people marched along the central avenue of Minsk. Read more…


He demanded new president elections and wage increase 15 October 2020, 11:27 | TUT.BY Today Alexander Kurban, “Belaruskali” miner, after his night-shift, refused to rise to the surface until his demands were met. The man works as a shotfirer at Read more…


A story of the forced emigration of one of the strike leaders of Belaruskali 2 October 2020, 13:30 | Alena Litvinava, Radio Svaboda The escape of Dzmitry Kudzialevich, a mining engineer and one of Belaruskali strike committee leaders, from a KGB Read more…