Once again, thousands protested in Belarus on wednesday (29 of June) against the dictatorial regime. Through quiet protests in different cities all over the country, only clapping hands, people showed their disappointment with the current political and economical situation. And for clapping hands, people got brutally beaten and arrested. As you can see on the video below, also journalists were [...]

Russia stopped the export of electricity to Belarus on wednesday, since Belarus is unable to pay for it. According to Russia, the belarusian depts are as high as 1,2 billion rubles. Belarus suffers from a severe economic crisis and the country was forced to devaluate it’s currency by 36 % in may. People in Belarus are protesting every wednesday against the [...]

  Swedish Deputy Ambassador David Emtestam arrested in Minsk. Photo: Reuters Deputy ambassador (Second Secretary) David Emtestam, who is now in charge of the Swedish Embassy in Belarus, since the ambassador Stefan Eriksson is on vacation, was on wednesday arrested and beaten in Minsk while observing the protests against the regime. It’s usual that embassy staff observe protests, since it’s part of [...]

At least 450 protesters arrested in Belarus today. Photos by Anton Motolko / www.antonmotolko.com

The people of Belarus continues to protest against the regime, now as a tradition every wednesday. Will we see an Internet revolution in Belarus soon? According to independent media, hundreds have been detained in Minsk today, where thousands gathered for silent protests against the regime. Once again, the prisons are getting overcrowded in Belarus. Protests were held in other cities around [...]

Isabel Sommerfeld, Project Manager behind Info Belarus, today writes together with Jonathan Leman (reporter at the magazine Expo) and Johan Berggren (Editor in Chief at Ordfront Magasin, one of the biggest society Magazines in Sweden) about how Wikileaks representatives use their leaks to support dictatorships. The case which is specifically addressed is Israel Shamir, Wikileaks representative who was in place [...]

Den belarusiska ekonomin har stora problem och är i stort behov av stöd utifrån. Lördagen blir därför lite av en ödesdag för Belarus då finansministrarna från länder i det forna Sovjetunionen träffas i Ukrainas huvudstad Kiev för att diskutera en låneansökan från det krisdrabbade landet. En nyckelroll spelar Ryssland, som tidigare uttryckt tveksamhet till ett lån på tre miljarder dollar [...]

Belarus president Alexandr Lukashenka såg sig under onsdagen tvungen att sänka priset på bensin efter att hundratals bilister genomfört en tutande protest i huvudstaden Minsk. Bensinpriset i Belarus har åkt jojo den senaste tiden. I tisdags aviserade Lukashenka en höjning med 30 procent, men på onsdagen backade presidenten och höjningen stannade på 12,5 procent. En liter bensin kostar nu 4 [...]

Freedom House has released its yearly report identifying the world’s most repressive regimes. Belarus is in this years report placed among the countries on the verge of becoming the most repressive in the world. The second worst place of most repressive regimes is shared with, amongst others; Cuba, China and Syria. You can find the report here: http://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/special_report/101.pdf