Belarus has introduced administrative liability for the “propaganda of homosexual relations, gender transition, and childlessness”. The Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the queer initiative Prismatica explain the potential legal implications for individuals and organisations. // 20/04/2026 - 20:16
By criminalizing human rights activity, the authorities create intolerable conditions for practicing this profession. This constitutes a violation of the right to work of human rights defenders as a professional group, particularly the freedom to choose one’s occupation as guaranteed by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Such actions effectively amount to a ban on the profession.At the same time, this form of persecution against organizations operating in exile is part of a pattern of transnational repression. // 14/04/2026 - 13:50
The arbitrary invalidation of passports may be viewed as part of a state policy involving a widespread and systematic attack against the population, as a contextual element of crimes against humanity under the qualification framework of the International Criminal Court in the context of the ongoing investigation into the Lithuania/Belarus situation. // 10/04/2026 - 12:10
