Despite Lukashenka’s regime running trials in absentia for its critics overseas, the opposition remains vocal
A chilling update from Belarus
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CATEGORY: Belarus
Contents – The long reach: How authoritarian countries are silencing critics abroad
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We the screamers
The atrocity deniers are everywhere and we need to scream over them with the truth
Love in the time of dissent
A week in which many are celebrating their love has turned the focus on those dissidents who are forced to be separate from their partners and families
Joke’s on Lukashenka speaking rubbish Belarusian. Or is it?
Belarus’ belligerent leader is both tyrannical and comical. It’s fodder for the nation’s comics – when they’re not being muzzled
How censorship wins
Publishing with freedom has become impossible in Belarus
Contents – Having the last laugh: The comedians who won’t be silenced
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Punishment cells and limited legal recourse
The numbers of journalists and human rights defenders in jail in Belarus has heavily increased since 2020, while conditions inside have worsened
1,000 days behind bars: In solidarity with Andrei Aliaksandrau
Andrei’s friends and former colleagues stand in solidarity with him as he remains imprisoned by Lukashenka’s regime for over 1,000 days
Belarus, the country where journalists are terrorists
Index speaks with the chair of the country’s journalism association, which has now been labelled extremist