Belarus-Poland: COMECE to the EU, “instrumentalising the despair of migrants has severe and harming human consequences and must be prevented”

Msgr. Grušas (CCEE): “Migrants used as human shields. This is a hybrid attack on border integrity”

“They are not just migrants and refugees. They are persons used instrumentally by a governing regime. Trafficked for political purposes…

Council of Europe: Havel Prize to Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava

Belarus: Babaryka sentenced to 14 years in prison. Stano (EU), “release him immediately along with the other 530 political prisoners”

EU Commission: global plan “to support a democratic Belarus”. 3 billion investments

Belarus: Tarina Andreeva and Darja Chulcova sentenced to two years in jail. Federations of journalists, they are “political prisoners”

Belarus: EU denunciation, “persecutions, torture and expulsions. Authorities must listen to calls for a democratic future”

EU Parliament. Sakharov Prize. Tsikhanouskaya, “without a free Belarus, Europe is not free either”

EU Parliament: Sacharov prize. Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian opposition leader: “25 arrests per hour. Don’t turn a blind eye”

Europe. Coronavirus: Advent online but not “virtual”

Christmas season traditions are being reshaped because of the pandemic. Nevertheless, Europe as a whole is marked by the willingness…

Belarus: national strike, the country stops. Tsikhanouskaya, “determined to end dictatorship”