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Published in: oDR: AnalysisThe Pratasevich case is an urgent reminder that Europe fails to protect exiles
The operation to detain Raman Pratasevich is a call to action to protect journalists, dissidents and people seeking...
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Published in: oDR: FeatureHow Lukashenka declared war on Belarusian journalists
Since last year’s disputed elections, and the protests that followed, media workers have become targets for...
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationLeaked police data reveals level of violence against protesters in Belarus
Over the past two months, Belarus has witnessed unprecedented violence against protesters in the aftermath of its...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionMore contagious than coronavirus: electoral unrest under Lukashenka’s tired rule in Belarus
Ahead of presidential elections, a new protest wave in Belarus is forcing another kind of contest - over who “the...
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Published in: ОД "Русская версия"Could COVID-19 mean a new social contract for Belarus?
President Alexander Lukashenka faces his toughest challenge yet. But Belarusians won't forget that in this crisis,...
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Published in: oDRGetting creative, getting political in Belarus
Up against severe administrative restrictions, residents of the city of Brest have find creative ways to fight the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Silence – the EU’s strategy for human rights abuses in its neighbourhood
Talk in Brussels among non-governmental organisations and parliamentarians is that the EU lacks a strategy to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Euroradio: from Warsaw for Belarus
What do you do when your national media is state controlled? For Belarusian 'non-State' media the answer has been to...
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Published in: oDRIf you want to be a millionaire, go to Belarus
If you want to know what the Soviet Union was like, go to Belarus.
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Published in: oDRDrowning their sorrows in Belarus
Belarus is now officially the world’s heaviest drinking nation; and the socio-economic consequences are enormous.
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Published in: oDRBelarus and the EEU: caught between a rock and a hard place
On 29 May, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan are set to sign an agreement on the formation of the EEU (Eurasian...
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Published in: oDRA guide to Belarusian prisons
Minsk hosts the Ice Hockey World Championship this month. A Belarusian dissident who served time in twelve prisons...
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Published in: oDRLukashenka as Machiavelli
For those who assume that the Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenka long ago lost his freedom of action vis-a-vis...
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Published in: HomeUkraine, and a Europe-Russia crack
The conflict in Ukraine is part of a wider tussle over eastern Europe's political orientation. The European Union...
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Published in: oDRBelarusian Warsaw – ghetto or gilded cage?
For twenty years Alyaksandr Lukashenka, president of Belarus, has ruled with an iron hand, and ruined the economy;...
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Published in: oDRBrokeback in Belarus
Valery Sidorenko and Sergei Ostapchuk, both tractor drivers, live together happily in a remote village in the...
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Published in: oDRCulture war in Belarus
THE CEELBAS DEBATE // In the post-2010 crackdown, cultural expression has become synonymous with political...
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Published in: oDRUkraine and Belarus: the dawn of change?
Rigged elections and corruption in post-Soviet states such as Belarus and Ukraine are hardly news. Ukraine’s shift...
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Published in: oDRRussia, EU and ECU: co-existence or rivalry?
The creation of the Eurasian Customs Union (ECU) could well enhance Russia’s position in the post-Soviet space at...
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Published in: oDRThe disabled need not apply: prejudice and discrimination in Belarus
The excitement surrounding the Paralympics brings home just how far so many countries have come in rethinking...