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22 journalists spend World Press Freedom Day behind bars [EFJ] 04-05-2026


/ Global ILO and UN Human Rights Council send a unified message of support to Belarus trade unionists [IUF] 31-03-2026


Belarus released 250 political prisoners including journalist Katsiaryna Andreeva [EFJ] 20-03-2026


/ Belarus BKDP at the UIL Trade Union Forum in Rome [salidarnast] 11-03-2026


Trade union activist in Belarus sentenced to 2.5 years in prison [EPSU] 05-03-2026



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France At the CGT Congress, a BKDP representative drew attention to the repression of trade unions in Belarus 2026-06-01 [salidarnast.info]

Global At the Global Rights Index presentation, BKDP highlighted systemic repression in Belarus 2026-06-01 [salidarnast.info]

Germany In Berlin, the question of how to restore freedom of association in Belarus was discussed 2026-05-27 [Salidarnast]

Iran Belarusian and Iranian independent trade union leaders agreed to strengthen solidarity 2026-05-13 [salidarnast.info]

Austria A BKDP representative in Vienna spoke about digital pressure on Belarus’s independent trade unions 2026-05-13 [salidarnast.info]

Study: healthcare digitalisation in Belarus remains an imitation 2026-05-05 [salidarnast.info]

Germany Independent trade unions of Belarus took part in the May Day rally in Bremen 2026-05-04 [Salidarnast]

22 journalists spend World Press Freedom Day behind bars 2026-05-04 [EFJ]

Lithuania Nobel Peace Prize laureate discussed the issue of Belarus’s independent trade unions with the Prime Minister of Lithuania 2026-04-27 [salidarnast.info]

Belarusian independent trade unionists remain imprisoned as repression continues 2026-04-23 [salidarnast.info]

Aliaksandr Yarashuk visited Austria and thanked the ÖGB for international solidarity 2026-04-21 [salidarnast.info]

Belarusian authorities create the conditions for corruption themselves 2026-04-20 [salidarnast.info]

Belarusian authorities are following the path toward serfdom in healthcare 2026-04-17 [Salidarnast]

Belarus The African Regional Organisation of the ITUC speaks out in defence of Belarusian trade unionists 2026-04-07 [salidarnast.info]

Global The leader of Belarusian democratic trade unions met with the ILO Director-General 2026-04-02 [salidarnast.info]

Global ILO and UN Human Rights Council send a unified message of support to Belarus trade unionists 2026-03-31 [IUF]

Global The ILO Governing Body calls on Belarus to cooperate with the Special Envoy and allow international missions 2026-03-30 [salidarnast.info]

At the ILO, Aliaksandr Yarashuk called for continued efforts to secure the release of political prisoners 2026-03-30 [Salidarnast]

Lukashenka once again defies the ILO 2026-03-25 [Salidarnast]

The Belarusian regime released some political prisoners after talks with the United States, but trade unionists remain behind bars 2026-03-20 [salidarnast]

Belarus released 250 political prisoners including journalist Katsiaryna Andreeva 2026-03-20 [EFJ]

Germany Exhibition on Repression in Belarus Opens in Bremen on the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners 2026-03-19 [salidarnast]

Belarus BKDP at the UIL Trade Union Forum in Rome 2026-03-11 [salidarnast]

Belarus BKDP Awarded the AFL-CIO George Meany–Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award 2026-03-09 [Salidarnast]

Trade union activist in Belarus sentenced to 2.5 years in prison 2026-03-05 [EPSU]

Europe Total Crackdown on Independent Trade Unionism in Belarus 2026-03-02 [eesc.europa.eu]

Belarus Belarusian Trade Unions Stand with Myanmar Colleagues in Campaign Against the Junta’s “War Economy” 2026-02-24 [Salidarnast]

“I was not a prisoner, I was hostage of the system”: Gennady Fedynich after his release from Belarusian jail 2026-02-19 [IndustriALL]

Trade Union Activist in Belarus Sentenced to 2.5 Years in Prison 2026-02-18 [Salidarnast]

Poland Leader of the “Solidarność” Trade Union Meets with Aliaksandr Yarashuk 2026-02-13 [salidarnast.info]

Germany Strategy of Trade Unions on Applying ILO Article 33 to Belarus Discussed in Bremen 2026-02-06 [salidarnast]

Belarus A meeting with the leader of Belarus’s independent trade union movement took place in Bremen 2026-01-28 [salidarnast]

Trade Union Activist Speaks Out on Repression in Belarus After His Release 2026-01-26 [Salidarnast]

Freed TUT BY Editor-in-Chief Speaks About Нanna Ablab and Volha Brytsikava 2026-01-12 [salidarnast]

EPSU welcomes the release of unionists and political prisoners in Belarus - now free them all! 2025-12-18 [EPSU]

IndustriALL Leadership Meets with Belarusian Trade Union Leaders in Vilnius 2025-12-18 [salidarnast]

Yandex Taxi: Platform Algorithms Against Drivers 2025-12-15 [salidarnast.info]

Volha Brytsikava has been awarded the Human Rights Solidarity Award 2025-12-11 [salidarnast.info]

Germany Belarusian Independent Trade Unions Raised the Issue of Gender-Based Violence in Bremen 2025-12-09 [salidarnast]

ILO again condemned Belarus for refusing to cooperate and extended the mandate of the Special Envoy 2025-12-01 [Salidarnast]

Europe BASTUN Trade Unions Discussed Regional Security 2025-11-25 [salidarnast.info]

Germany German Member of Parliament Wrote a Letter to Andrei Paheryla on the Day of Political Prisoners 2025-11-14 [Salidarnast]

Australia Australian Union Leader Demands Release of Vatslau Areshka 2025-11-10 [salidarnast.info]

Belarusian trade union leader spends her birthday behind bars 2025-11-04 [Salidarnast]

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

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

From Prison to Exile: Belarusian Union Leader Fiadynich Reflects on His Release 2025-10-29 []

Germany Salidarnast: The New Voice of Belarusian Workers in Exile 2025-10-24 [Salidarnast]

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

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