Constraining Duty: Legal Reengineering of Military Obligation in Belarus, 2025
Legal amendments tighten military obligations, narrowing exemptions and expanding enforcement mechanisms nationwide. In 2025, state policy in the field of...
Month: March 2026
Urgent Appeal: Help Us Save the Shelter and Office
URGENT APPEAL We are forced to ask for urgent help. Because of the recent blocking of our bank account and...
“Le Chant du loup” – France announces it will no longer act in the spirit of the New START treaty and will cease informing others about the number of combat-ready nuclear devices in its possession
Furthermore, France proposes that this now delightfully indeterminate number of warheads might be distributed across Europe, thereby creating what is...
German school and university students protest conscription plans and the country’s militarization
German students stage nationwide walkouts protesting conscription plans and accelerating militarization under Merz government On March 5, 2026, protests took...
The treaty between Russia and the United States known by the elegant title “New START” has not been extended. What should the world expect now, and what does this mean for the Belarus–Lithuania region?
What do Nobel laureates think about this? We asked several organizations that have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize how...
Victory: Belarusian conscientious objector Siarhei released from closed refugee camp in Lithuania
On Friday evening, Belarusian conscientious objector Siarhei was released from a closed refugee camp in Lithuania. We won the court...
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation with conscientious objectors to military service in Belarus.
«Connection e.V.», in partnership with «War Resisters’ International» (WRI), participated in the interactive dialogue with the Group of Independent Experts reporting on...
Urgent: Belarusian conscientious objector Siarhei transferred to closed refugee camp in Lithuania
Belarusian conscientious objector Siarhei placed in closed Lithuanian refugee camp after asylum filing. On February 26, 2026 Belarusian conscientious objector...
Manufacturing Consent: Military Service Propaganda and the Breakdown of Conscription in Belarus
Escalating propaganda masks structural failure of compulsory military service among Belarusian youth By 2025, state policy in the field of...
23 Years Ago, Olga Karach Won and Became the Only Opposition Deputy in the Vitebsk City Council
Twenty-three years ago, on March 2, 2003, Olga Karach won a seat in the Vitebsk City Council in the first...
