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EPSU welcomes the release of unionists and political prisoners in Belarus - now free them all!

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


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


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


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


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



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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]

Global Trade union youth discussed AI impact on world of work 2025-10-09 [Salidarnast]

Belarus From dictatorship to negotiations: the hidden role of independent trade unions 2025-09-30 [salidarnast.info]

Volhya Brytsikava: undebding union leader behind bars 2025-09-30 [salidarnast.info]

Belarusian authorities refused to recognize mandate of the International Labour Organization’s Special Envoy to Belarus 2025-09-30 [salidarnast.info]

The political prisoner Vatslau Areshka has gone almost completely blind 2025-09-25 [Salidarnast]

Netherlands BKDP attends FNV Solidarity Festival in Amsterdam 2025-09-25 [Salidarnast]

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

ILO Director-General welcomes BKDP leader Aliaksandr Yarashuk upon his release 2025-09-18 [salidarnast.info]

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

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

Luc Triangle met with the released Belarusian trade union leaders 2025-09-17 [salidarnast.info]

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

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

Belarusian trade union leaders tell in interviews what was the hardest thing in prison 2025-09-16 [salidarnast.info]

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

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

Global Trade Union Leaders Aliaksandr Yarashuk and Hennadz Fiadynich Released 2025-09-12 [ITUC]

Trade union leaders Aliaksandr Yarashuk and Hennadz Fiadynich released 2025-09-12 [salidarnast.info]

Belarusian independent trade unions make a statement in UN on persecution of workers 2025-09-04 [salidarnast.info]

Global UN to Present Report on Labor Rights Violations in Belarus at General Assembly 2025-09-04 [salidarnast.info]

Global BKDP submits a report to the UN Human Rights Council 2025-08-25 [salidarnast.info]

War and conflict 2025-08-12 [https://www.ituc-csi.org]

Journalists imprisoned, exiled and persecuted five years after fraudulent presidential election 2025-08-11 [IFJ]

How Belarus “Cleanses” Professions of the Politically Unreliable 2025-07-31 [salidarnast.info]

Mandatory employment of graduates in Belarus 2025-07-24 [salidarnast.info]

Myanmar The Authoritarian Brotherhood of Myanmar and Belarus 2025-07-23 [salidarnast.info]

In Belarus, they fire people for reading “wrong” news 2025-06-23 [salidarnast.info]

Sweden Women’s rights in the focus of Future of Belarus discussions at Stockholm Forum 2025-06-20 [salidarnast.info]

Global UN demands release of Belarusian political prisoner Aliaksandr Kashpul  ActNOW!  2025-06-16 [salidarnast.info]

Global Belarusian authorities paint a different reality but they have practically no support  ActNOW!  2025-06-16 [salidarnast.info]

Norway Aliaksandr Yarashuk Awarded the Arthur Svensson International Prize  ActNOW!  2025-06-13 [salidarnast.info]

Global Free Belarusian journalists and media workers NOW! 2025-06-12 [IFJ]

Meeting Between BKDP Representatives and the ILO Director-General 2025-06-11 [salidarnast.info]

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