Freedom of Religion and Belief
BELARUS: Police take relatives’ DNA after KGB declares religious freedom group “extremist” By Felix Corley Forum 18 (07.05.2025) – On 1 April the KGB ruled that religious freedom group Christian Vision, its website and social media channels are...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
BELARUS: The Catholic Church in the crosshairs with the blacklisting of Fr. Vyacheslav Barok as an extremist By Olga Karatch (Nash Dom/ Our House) for Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (25.04.2025) – On April 16, 2025, Belarus’ Ministry of Internal Affairs...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
BELARUS: An overview of religious persecution and a call for the release of Fr. Okolotovich by Nash Dom Nash Dom/ Our House (22.04.2025) – On the occasion of Easter, the Belarusian human rights NGO Nash Dom has addressed HRWF this overview of the increasingly...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
BELARUS: A Catholic priest sentenced to 11 years in prison for “espionage” for the Vatican and Poland For the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union, a Catholic priest in Belarus has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for high treason — a charge...
Human Rights in the World
BELARUS: The brutal trap: How Belarus turns young men into hostages of the military machine By Olga Karatch (*) for Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (19.03.2025) – Thousands of young Belarusians are unaware that they are already under the tight control of the...
