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“Don’t believe. Don’t fear. Don’t beg.” A Belarusian trade union leader on repression, prison, and the survival of dignity [GLC] 2025-11-02

Not a “paradise” for workers: Special Rapporteur [CALRMM] 2025-11-02

Sakharov Prize awarded to jailed journalists in Belarus and Georgia [IFJ] 2025-10-23

They called It release, but it was forced deportation [IndustriALL] 2025-09-18

BAJ helps freed journalists resettle after ‘forced exile’ in Lithuania [EFJ] 2025-09-18

Two Top Union Leaders Released from Political Imprisonment in Belarus [https://www.solidaritycenter.org/] For more info 2025-09-17

ITUC General Secretary meets released union leaders in Vilnius [ITUC] 2025-09-17

IUF welcomes release of Aliaksandr Yarashuk and calls on the Belarus Government to return freedom of association in the country [IUF] 2025-09-16

Two Belarusian trade union leaders released – trade unionism is not a crime [ETUC] 2025-09-15

Belarus frees 52 political prisoners, including 9 journalists [EFJ] 2025-09-12

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