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Today we will analyze this speech in detail. I will show you what really stands behind every word spoken by Lukashenko

We are grateful to U.S. President Donald Trump, Mr. Coale, and Mr. Smith for their effective efforts in securing the release of 123 political prisoners on 13 December

At first glance, this document looks like a plan to save the country. On closer reading, it turns out to be an instruction manual for freezing power in place

The 12 Principles of Good Democratic Governance of the Council of Europe are, without doubt, the foundation of our work. These principles are our future, and we will work toward them in a focused and consistent manner", Pavel Latushka noted

From Ukraine to Warsaw, more than one hundred Belarusians — women and men — have arrived who were released from Lukashenko’s prisons and forcibly expelled abroad

In Warsaw, at the Museum of Free Belarus, an Expert Seminar titled "Polish–Belarusian Dialogue on Solidarity" was held, dedicated to the history of support and the challenges of legalization for Belarusians in Poland

"Our most important goal is the release of all political prisoners from Lukashenko’s prisons, but the strategic goal is democratic change in Belarus", said Pavel Latushka, Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet and delegate of the Coordination Council, during a meeting at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Warsaw held in connection with International Human Rights Day

At the same time, on 4 December Pavel Latushka sent a request for a meeting with the management of PKO Bank Polski in order to discuss the situation that has arisen

A curated selection of analytics, key meetings, and publications in international media

The Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet and Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management (NAM), Pavel Latushka, spoke at the international forum "Warsaw Dialogue for Democracy", dedicated to the theme "Democracy and International Security: Human Rights Defenders on the Frontline of Freedom"

On November 28, 2025, an informational meeting was held in Warsaw for Belarusians living in Poland, focused on pension provision and social benefits.

M.V. was 19 years old. She studied in her third year at the journalism faculty of BSU. She was not an activist, but she had what her curator in GUBOPiK would later call “an excessive sense of justice.” She ran a small Instagram blog about books and life in Minsk

O.P., 52, was the long-time director of a human rights organization “Viasna” (name changed) in one of the regional centers. Their organization was not political in the direct sense: they were not fighting for power

F.A., 28, was an English teacher in Mosul, Iraq. After his city was destroyed by ISIS and later during the fighting for its liberation, he lost his job and home. He was an educated man, far from war, simply seeking safety for his young wife and three-year-old daughter

I.R., 29, worked as a railway track fitter at the Belarusian Railway in a small town in Homyel Region. He was not an activist, but he had what is often called “an acute sense of justice.” He loved his country and considered himself a patriot

Counselors, speaking with a Russian accent, told them that Ukraine was a “terrorist state” that “bombed Donbas for eight years,” and that Russia and Belarus were their “brotherly saviors.”