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...
No Means No
February 26, 2026: Belarusian CO Siarhei files a renewed asylum application in Lithuania
Belarusian conscientious objector Siarhei seeks protection again after repeated asylum refusals in Lithuania. 26 February 2026 marks an important moment...
Belarusian Conscientious Objector Siarhei at Risk of Deportation from Lithuania to Belarus
Conscientious objector from Belarus faces deportation risk despite clear persecution evidence. This case concerns Siarhei, a Belarusian welder and trained...
From Leisure to Training: Militarized Youth Camps in Belarus, 2025
Youth camps operate as transitional institutions, normalizing military discipline and pre-conscription training for minors. On 12 July 2025, it was...
Institutional Militarization of School Education in Belarus, 2025
Schools function as structured environments for early loyalty formation and pre–conscription military socialization. Within the school education system in Belarus,...
Militarization of Early Childhood Socialization in Belarus (Preschool Sector), 2025
In Belarus, institutions normalize military ideology among children aged three to six Militarization in Belarus begins already at the kindergarten...
Annual Report Systemic Human Rights Violations in Belarus Denial of the Right to Conscientious Objection and Forced Military Service
How military logic in Belarus becomes a social norm from early childhood, displacing the right to refuse service. Submitted by...
Russian conscientious objector Maksim at risk of deportation from Lithuania
Russian conscientious objector Maksim, born into a hereditary military family and refusing to continue the family tradition of war, now...
Our House Could Become a Platform for Alternative Service in Lithuania
Human rights defenders ask the Ministry of Defence to allow alternative service at “Our House”. Olga Karach, Director of the...
