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data_id iso event_id_cnty event_id_no_cnty event_date year time_precision event_type sub_event_type actor1 assoc_actor_1 inter1 actor2 assoc_actor_2 inter2 interaction region country admin1 admin2 admin3 location latitude longitude geo_precision source source_scale notes fatalities timestamp iso3
7031907 112 BLR345 345 2020-04-02 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Labour Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 Nasha Niva National On 2 April 2020, 10 people, mostly pensioners, held a protest in the Kyiv square of Minsk, demanding a union state of Belarus and Russia, but also arguing against a state aimed at the profit of a few. [size=10] 0 1586276655 BLR
7032077 112 BLR344 344 2020-03-31 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Women (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Kastrychnitski 53.8567 27.5414 1 Svaboda.org National On 31 March 2020, 15 women held a protest outside the Corrections Department in Minsk, demanding better treatment of drug-related detainees and temporary detainment at home for of them. [size=15] 0 1586276655 BLR
7032081 112 BLR343 343 2020-03-30 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Labour Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Zavodski 53.8619 27.6622 1 TUT.BY National On 30 March 2020, between 50 and 70 taxi drivers held a protest outside the Chyzhovka Arena in Minsk, demanding higher tariffs for passenger transportation. [size=50-70] 0 1586276655 BLR
7031695 112 BLR342 342 2020-03-29 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97; naviny.by; Brestskaya Gazeta Subnational-National On 29 March 2020, at least 160 people protested in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=at least 160] 0 1586276654 BLR
7032082 112 BLR341 341 2020-03-25 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) MF: Young Front 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Viasna Other On 25 March 2020, at least 3 MF members held a commemorative event in the Maskouski district of Minsk, which was qualified as a protest by the police. [size=at least 3] 0 1586276655 BLR
7006950 112 BLR340 340 2020-03-25 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BPF: Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Grodno Hrodna Grodno 53.6884 23.8258 1 Svaboda.org National On 25 March 2020, locals, including a BPF local leader, held a commemoration event in Grodno for the 1918 Belarusian People's Republic, raising concerns that democratic norms and institutes inspired by the Republic were not put in place until now. [size=no report] 0 1585673076 BLR
7006628 112 BLR339 339 2020-03-22 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 BelaPAN; Charter-97; naviny.by; Svaboda.org National On 22 March 2020, at least 200 people marched in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=at least 200] 0 1585673075 BLR
7006627 112 BLR338 338 2020-03-15 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Journalists (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Slutsk Slutsk 53.0274 27.5597 1 Novy Chas; Viasna Other-National On 15 March 2020, followers and readers of a local blogger gathered for a protest meeting organized by the latter in Slutsk of the Minsk municipality, complaining about the lack of attention of authorities to their community. The authorities considered the meeting as an unsanctioned public assembly. [size=no report] 0 1585673075 BLR
7000015 112 BLR337 337 2020-03-15 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Brestskaya Gazeta; Charter-97 Subnational-National On 15 March 2020, at least 200 people protested in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=at least 200] 0 1585075514 BLR
6995316 112 BLR336 336 2020-03-09 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Gomel Gomel 52.4345 30.9754 1 BelaPAN; Svaboda.org National On 9 March 2020, locals of a quarter in Gomel protested against the removal of an apple tree park near their blocks. [size=no report] 0 1584471340 BLR
6995315 112 BLR335 335 2020-03-08 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Women (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97; Brestskaya Gazeta; naviny.by; BelaPAN Subnational-National On 8 March 2020, around 100 people marched in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city and against discrimination of women. [size=around 100] 0 1584471340 BLR
6984093 112 BLR334 334 2020-03-01 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 naviny.by; BelaPAN; Charter-97; TUT.BY; Brestskaya Gazeta Subnational-National On 1 March 2020, around 100 people marched in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=around 100] 0 1583873549 BLR
6979146 112 BLR333 333 2020-02-25 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Journalists (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Svaboda.org; Charter-97; Nasha Niva; Belsat National On 25 February 2020, around 60 people protested outside the Belneftkhim HQ in Minsk, demanding explanations over the formation of the petrol price. The protest was organized by a blogger. [size=around 60] 0 1583264877 BLR
6979145 112 BLR331 331 2020-02-23 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Svaboda.org; Brestskaya Gazeta; Nasha Niva; BelaPAN; Charter-97 Subnational-National On 23 February 2020, around 120 people protested in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=around 120] 0 1583264877 BLR
6979307 112 BLR332 332 2020-02-23 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) European Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Svietlahorsk Svietlahorsk 52.6329 29.7389 1 Charter-97 National On 23 February 2020, a protest was held by European Belarus activists in Svietlahorsk of the Gomel region against the operation of a cellulose plant outside the city. [size=no report] 0 1583264877 BLR
6877947 112 BLR330 330 2020-02-22 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Onliner.by; Charter-97 National On 22 February, a protest was held by shareholders of a real estate project outside the Minsk Executive Committee. People protested against extra payments to be made that they find unfair and demanded action from the authorities. [size=no report] 0 1582653980 BLR
6878097 112 BLR329 329 2020-02-16 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Svietlahorsk Svietlahorsk 52.6329 29.7389 1 Charter-97 National On 16 February, a protest was held in Svietlahorsk of the Gomel region against the operation of the cellulose plant in the city. [size=no report] 0 1582653980 BLR
6877945 112 BLR327 327 2020-02-16 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 BelaPAN; Svaboda.org; Brestskaya Gazeta; Charter-97 Subnational-National On 16 February, around 100 people protested in central Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=around 100] 0 1582653980 BLR
6877946 112 BLR328 328 2020-02-16 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Onliner.by; Charter-97 National On 16 February, a protest was held by shareholders of a real estate project outside the Minsk Executive Committee. People protested against extra payments to be made that they find unfair and demanded action from the authorities. [size=no report] 0 1582653980 BLR
6869244 112 BLR326 326 2020-02-15 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Charter-97; Novy Chas National On 15 February, a protest was held outside the Minsk executive committee. The protesters demanded the defense of their rights in a real estate project that failed to be realized. [size=no report] 0 1582048679 BLR
6869243 112 BLR325 325 2020-02-14 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Women (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Svaboda.org; TUT.BY National On 14 February, around 30 people, mainly women, held a flashmob in the Stalitsa mall in Minsk against violence targeting women. [size=around 30] 0 1582048679 BLR
6869241 112 BLR323 323 2020-02-09 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Journalists (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Svietlahorsk Svietlahorsk 52.6329 29.7389 1 Charter-97; Viasna Other-National On 9 February, a protest was held in Svietlahorsk of the Gomel region against the operation of the cellulose plant near the city. A local blogger attended the event. [size=no report] 0 1582048679 BLR
6869242 112 BLR324 324 2020-02-09 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97; naviny.by; Brestskaya Gazeta Subnational-National On 9 February, around 120 people protested in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=around 120] 0 1582048679 BLR
6869240 112 BLR322 322 2020-02-08 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Mogilev Mogilev Mogilev 53.9168 30.3449 1 Belsat; Charter-97 National On 8 February, around 20 drivers protested in Mogilev against the increased petrol prices. [size=around 20] 0 1582048679 BLR
6862849 112 BLR321 321 2020-02-07 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Gomel Gomel 52.4345 30.9754 1 Charter-97; naviny.by National On 7 February, a protest was held outside a court in Gomel in support of a blogger who took part in the December 2019 protests. [size=no report] 0 1581448558 BLR
6862848 112 BLR320 320 2020-02-02 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 naviny.by; BelaPAN; Charter-97; Svaboda.org National On 2 February, around 120 people protested in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=around 120] 0 1581448558 BLR
6771045 112 BLR319 319 2020-01-26 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Svietlahorsk Svietlahorsk 52.6329 29.7389 1 Charter-97 National On 26 January, a protest was held in Svietlahorsk of the Gomel region against the operation of a cellulose plant outside the city. [size=no report] 0 1580835409 BLR
6770921 112 BLR318 318 2020-01-26 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Brestskaya Gazeta; Nasha Niva; Charter-97 Subnational-National On 26 January, around 150 people protested in central Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=around 150] 0 1580835409 BLR
6765011 112 BLR317 317 2020-01-22 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Svaboda.org National On 22 January, around 15 people protested in the Hrusauski square of Minsk against the construction of a residential set of buildings in the square. [size=around 15] 0 1580235770 BLR
6764602 112 BLR316 316 2020-01-19 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97; naviny.by; Brestskaya Gazeta; Nasha Niva Subnational-National On 19 January, around 80 people protested in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=around 80] 0 1580235769 BLR
6746690 112 BLR315 315 2020-01-16 2020 2 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Region Kalodziscy Kalodziscy 53.9410 27.7717 1 Charter-97 National As reported on 16 January, a protest was held in Kalodziscy of the Minsk region against the new urban plan of the town. [size=no report] 0 1579629294 BLR
6746568 112 BLR314 314 2020-01-12 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Svaboda.org; Brestskaya Gazeta; BelaPAN; Charter-97 Subnational-National On 12 January, at least 80 people protested in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=at least 80] 0 1579629294 BLR
6719986 112 BLR313 313 2020-01-05 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Svaboda.org; BelaPAN; Charter-97; Brestskaya Gazeta Subnational-National On 5 January, around 80 people protested in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=around 80] 0 1579022809 BLR
6709618 112 BLR312 312 2020-01-04 2020 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Vitebsk Polotsk Polotsk 55.4879 28.7856 1 Charter-97 National On 4 January, BSDP-PA activists held a rally in Polotsk of the Vitebsk region against the plans of integration between Belarus and Russia. [size=no report] 0 1578510534 BLR
6709288 112 BLR311 311 2020-01-01 2020 1 Battles Armed clash Unidentified Armed Group (Belarus) 3 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 13 Europe Belarus Vitebsk Verkhnyadzvinsk Verkhnyadzvinsk 55.7777 27.9389 1 TUT.BY; Svaboda.org National On 1 January, an individual threw two bottles of inflammable liquid into the Verkhnyadzvinsk police department of the Vitebsk region and injured two policemen upon immediate arrest. The attacker, having no political affiliation, claimed that he wanted to show an attempt of overthrowing the current regime in Belarus. 0 1578510533 BLR
6709285 112 BLR308 308 2019-12-29 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsk 55.1904 30.2049 1 Belsat; Viasna; Nasha Niva; TUT.BY; Charter-97 National-Other On 29 December, around 15 people rallied in Vitebsk against the rumoured plans of integration between Belarus and Russia. The protest was organized by a BCD leader. No protester was arrested by the police. [size=around 15] 0 1578510533 BLR
6709286 112 BLR309 309 2019-12-29 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 BelaPAN; Charter-97; Svaboda.org; TUT.BY; naviny.by National On 29 December, around 100 people protested in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=around 100] 0 1578510533 BLR
6709287 112 BLR310 310 2019-12-29 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Women (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 Svaboda.org; Viasna; BelaPAN National-Other On 29 December, at least 10 people protested in Kyiv square of Minsk against violence targeting women, demanding legislation to prosecute respective crimes. [size=at least 10] 0 1578510533 BLR
6709284 112 BLR307 307 2019-12-28 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Women (Belarus); Anarchists (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Savetski 53.9538 27.5953 1 TUT.BY; Viasna; Belsat; Charter-97 National-Other On 28 December, around 50 people, including anarchists, protested in Druzhby Narodov Park of Minsk against violence targeting women. [size=around 50] 0 1578510533 BLR
6709282 112 BLR305 305 2019-12-22 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97; Svaboda.org; Brestskaya Gazeta; BelaPAN; Nasha Niva Subnational-National On 22 December, around 100 locals protested in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=around 100] 0 1578510533 BLR
6709283 112 BLR306 306 2019-12-22 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Students (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Grodno Lida Lida 53.8833 25.2997 1 Nasha Niva; Svaboda.org National On 22 December, around 10 people, mostly students, protested in Lida of the Hrodna region against the integration of Belarus and Russia. Protesters left the scene when the police arrived. [size=around 10] 0 1578510533 BLR
6709281 112 BLR304 304 2019-12-21 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Journalists (Belarus); BPF: Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front; BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; MFF: Movement 'For Freedom'; European Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 BelaPAN; Svaboda.org; Charter-97; RFE/RL; Nasha Niva; TUT.BY National-International On 21 December, between 200 and 250 people protested in the Kastrychnickaja square of Minsk, condemning the rumoured plans of further integration of Belarus and Russia. BPF, BCD, MFF, European Belarus members, as well as bloggers, participated in the rally. The police did not disperse the unsanctioned protest, but retained certain protest leaders in advance. [size=200-250] 0 1578510533 BLR
6709619 112 BLR303 303 2019-12-21 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Vitebsk Orsha Orsha 54.5081 30.4172 1 Charter-97 National On 21 December, several people rallied in Orsha of the Vitebsk region against the rumoured plans of integration between Belarus and Russia. [size=several] 0 1578510534 BLR
6857282 112 BLR301 301 2019-12-20 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BPF: Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front; BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; MFF: Movement 'For Freedom'; European Belarus; BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly; Youth Bloc 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 TUT.BY; Svaboda.org; Nasha Niva; Charter-97; Viasna; RFE/RL Other-National On 20 December, at least 1500 people marched from the Kastrychnickaja square to the Nezalezhnosti square and back to protest against the rumoured plans of integration of Belarus and Russia. BPF, BCD, BSDP-PA, European Belarus, MFF, Youth Bloc members took part in the rally. The police did not disperse the unsanctioned rally. [size=at least 1500] 0 1580849930 BLR
6857283 112 BLR302 302 2019-12-20 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Pinsk Pinsk 52.1229 26.0951 1 Svaboda.org; Viasna; Media Polesye Other-Subnational On 20 December, 11 people protested in Pinsk of the Brest region against the rumoured plans of integration between Russia and Belarus. The police did not disperse the unsanctioned rally. [size=11] 0 1580849930 BLR
6709278 112 BLR300 300 2019-12-19 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly; Anarchist Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 TUT.BY; Nasha Niva; Svaboda.org National On 19 December, several BSDP-PA members and anarchists held a solidarity rally outside the Saint Simon and Helen Church in Minsk, demanding freedom to political prisoners. [size=several] 0 1578510533 BLR
6857281 112 BLR299 299 2019-12-19 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; Belarusian Green Party; MFF: Movement 'For Freedom'; OGP: United Civic Party of Belarus; Razam Movement 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 RFE/RL; Viasna; Svaboda.org; Belorusskiy Partizan; Nasha Niva; AP; TUT.BY; Charter-97 Other-National On 29 December, around 100 people protested on Kastrychnickaja square and Nezalezhnosti square against the plans of integration between Belarus and Russia, as well as against the Lukashenko regime. The protesters also demanded the release of the leaders of the previous protests against the integration plans. The police did not disperse the unsanctioned rally. BCD, OGP, Razam, MFF members, as well as Belarusian Greens, participated in the rally. [size=around 100] 0 1580849930 BLR
6709276 112 BLR298 298 2019-12-18 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Labour Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 2 TUT.BY; Charter-97 National On 18 December, tens of truck drivers protested by driving slowly on the M1 highway outside Brest, demanding solutions to the lack of transit permits for Poland. [size=tens] 0 1578510533 BLR
6709275 112 BLR297 297 2019-12-15 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Nasha Niva; Charter-97; naviny.by; Brestskaya Gazeta Subnational-National On 15 December, around 100 people protested in Brest against the operation of a car battery plant near the city and condemned a court decision dismissing the registration of a local environmental group. [size=around 100] 0 1578510533 BLR
6857280 112 BLR296 296 2019-12-15 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Grodno Hrodna Grodno 53.6884 23.8258 1 Svaboda.org; Viasna; Charter-97; Hrodna.life; Nasha Niva; TUT.BY; Belsat; BelaPAN Other-Subnational On 15 December, between 70 and 100 people protested in Grodno against the rumoured plans of further integration between Belarus and Russia. The police did not disperse the unsanctioned protest. [size=70-100] 0 1580849930 BLR
6687281 112 BLR295 295 2019-12-13 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Labour Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Baranovichy Baranovichi 53.1327 26.0139 1 Charter-97; Intex-Press Subnational-National On 13 December, around 25 taxi drivers protested in Baranovichi of the Brest region against the newly imposed tariffs. [size=around 25] 0 1576855194 BLR
6857279 112 BLR293 293 2019-12-08 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BPF: Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front; BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; MF: Young Front; Razam Movement; European Belarus; BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 Charter-97; Nasha Niva; ITAR-TASS; Svaboda.org; Belta; Viasna; RFE/RL Other-National On 8 December, at least 600 people marched in Minsk from the Kastrynickaja square to the Peramohi square onto the Russian Embassy to protest the rumoured plans about the integration of Belarus and Russia. BCD, BPF, Young Front, BSDP-PA, European Belarus, as well as Razam Movement members participated in the rally. Despite large presence, the police did not disperse the unsactioned protest. [size=at least 600] 0 1580849930 BLR
6689439 112 BLR294 294 2019-12-08 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 BelaPAN; naviny.by; Svaboda.org; Charter-97 National On 8 December, at least 150 people protested in Brest against the construction of a battery plant near the city and against the rumoured plans of integration of Russia and Belarus. [size=at least 150] 0 1576855201 BLR
6689986 112 BLR290 290 2019-12-07 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) BPF: Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front; BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly; European Belarus; MF: Young Front; MFF: Movement 'For Freedom'; OGP: United Civic Party of Belarus; Razam Movement; Students (Belarus); Labour Group (Belarus); Protesters (Russia); Orthodox Christian Group (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 ITAR-TASS; Reuters; Nasha Niva; Belsat; TUT.BY; Viasna; Interfax; Svaboda.org; Charter-97; RFE/RL Other-National On 7 December, around 1000 people marched on the Nezalezhnosti street, Svabody Square, and Kastrycnickaja square against the rumoured plans of integration of Belarus with Russia. Members of BPF, BCD, MFF, Razam Movement, OGP, European Belarus, BSDP-PA, MF: Young Front, as well as students, pensioners, Orthodox priests and some Russian citizens, attended the rally. The police did not break the unsanctioned protest, but minor scuffles and the arrest of a counter-protester took place. [size=around 1000] 0 1576855203 BLR
6690772 112 BLR291 291 2019-12-05 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 Svaboda.org; Charter-97; RFE/RL; Belsat National-International On 5 December, two women and one man held a protest performance outside the Russian Embassy in Minsk, declaring the refusal of Belarusians to integrate with Russia. [size=3] 0 1576855206 BLR
6692554 112 BLR292 292 2019-12-01 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Svaboda.org; Charter-97; Brestskaya Gazeta Subnational-National On 1 December, at least 100 people marched in central Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=at least 100] 0 1576855213 BLR
6692869 112 BLR288 288 2019-11-30 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Razam Movement 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Region Kapyl Siemiezava 52.9495 27.0033 1 Charter-97; Belsat National On 30 November, 30 people, including members of the Razam Movement, held a commemorative rally for the Slutsk 1920 rebellion in Siemiezava of the Minsk region. Several participants held anti-governmental banners and traditional Belarusian flags. [size=30] 0 1576855214 BLR
6692871 112 BLR289 289 2019-11-30 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Razam Movement 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Region Kapyl Hrozawa 53.1710 27.3326 1 Charter-97; Belsat National On 30 November, 30 people, including members of the Razam Movement, held a commemorative rally for the Slutsk 1920 rebellion in Hrozawa of the Minsk region. Several participants held anti-governmental banners and traditional Belarusian flags. [size=30] 0 1576855214 BLR
6695456 112 BLR287 287 2019-11-24 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Nasha Niva; Brestskaya Gazeta; Svaboda.org; BelaPAN Subnational-National On 24 November, around 150 people marched in Brest against the construction of a battery plant near the city. A local blogger was attending the rally. [size=around 150] 0 1576855223 BLR
6698620 112 BLR283 283 2019-11-17 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Labour Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Mogilev Mogilev Mogilev 53.9168 30.3449 1 Svaboda.org; TUT.BY National On 17 November, about 60 taxi drivers protested in Mogilev, demanding higher tariffs. [size=about 60] 0 1576855234 BLR
6698622 112 BLR284 284 2019-11-17 2019 1 Strategic developments Other Government of Belarus (1994-) 1 0 10 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 3 Charter-97; RFE/RL; AFP; Viasna; Nasha Niva; naviny.by; BelaPAN; ITAR-TASS Other-National On 17 November, 110 new parliament members were elected in Belarus, with nearly all of them reportedly belonging to parties loyal to president Aleksandar Lukashenka. While leaving the Belarusian political system stable, the elections were condemned by national and international observers due to widespread blackmail, pressure to vote, limited public space and bans for opposition candidates. 0 1576855234 BLR
6698625 112 BLR285 285 2019-11-17 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Brestskaya Gazeta; Charter-97 Subnational-National On 17 November, around 100 people marched in Brest against the construction of a battery plant near the city and against electoral frauds. [size=around 100] 0 1576855234 BLR
6698970 112 BLR273 273 2019-11-16 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Labour Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Savetski 53.9538 27.5953 1 TUT.BY National On 16 November, a protest was held by taxi drivers outside the Korona supermarket in the Savetski district of Minsk, where the protesters demanded higher tariffs and better working conditions. [size=no report] 0 1576855235 BLR
6698993 112 BLR271 271 2019-11-16 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Youth Bloc 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 Svaboda.org; TUT.BY National On 16 November, around 100 young people held an electoral rally of the Youth Bloc on Zybitskaya street in Minsk, demanding the modification of the conscription law, the development of the education system, as well as the softening of the drug policy in Belarus. [size=around 100] 0 1576855235 BLR
6698999 112 BLR272 272 2019-11-16 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly; Razam Movement; European Belarus; Journalists (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 2 Nasha Niva; Charter-97; Svaboda.org; TUT.BY; BelaPAN National On 16 November, approximately 300 people marched from the Freedom Square to the Independence Square, outside the Central Electoral Commission of Belarus, protesting against the integration with Russia, against the Astravets power plant and demanding Aleksandr Lukashenka's resignation. Protesters were supporters of the European Belarus, BSDP-PA, Razam Movement, and BCD. Policemen in civilian clothing attempted to restrict access to microphone of several protesters, while violently pushing local RFE/RL journalists out of the protest location. [size=approximately 300] 0 1576855235 BLR
6699002 112 BLR275 275 2019-11-16 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) OGP: United Civic Party of Belarus; BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; Belarusian Green Party; Journalists (Belarus); BPL-JW: Belarusian Left Party A Just World 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Gomel Gomel 52.4345 30.9754 1 Gomel.today; Charter-97; TUT.BY Subnational-National On 16 November, approximately 300 people held an electoral protest in Gomel, demanding fair elections, better education and healthcare systems, softer drug policy, solutions to environmental problems. Belarusian Greens, BCD, OGP, BPL-JW members, as well as bloggers, attended the rally. [size=approximately 300] 0 1576855235 BLR
6699004 112 BLR276 276 2019-11-16 2019 1 Violence against civilians Attack Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 Civilians (Belarus) 7 17 Europe Belarus Gomel Gomel Gomel 52.4345 30.9754 2 Gomel.today; Charter-97 Subnational-National On 16 November, two assistants of an MP candidate were reportedly beaten by police in Gomel region, while trying to investigate the cause of another candidate's arrest. One of the assistants had been severely injured after being hit in the face. 0 1576855235 BLR
6699537 112 BLR274 274 2019-11-15 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly; Razam Movement; European Belarus; Journalists (Belarus); Students (Belarus); OGP: United Civic Party of Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 TUT.BY; Svaboda.org; Belsat; Viasna; Charter-97; Nasha Niva; BelaPAN Other-National On 15 November, between 200 and 1000 people marched from the Kastrynickaja square to the Freedom Square in Minsk, demanding the authorities to stop the construction of the Astravets NPP, to stop the integration with Russia, as well as the resignation of president Aleksandr Lukashenka. European Belarus, Razam Movement, OGP, BSDP-PA members, as well as students and bloggers, participated in the rally. [size=200-1000] 0 1576855236 BLR
6699542 112 BLR277 277 2019-11-15 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Students (Belarus); Youth Bloc 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Zavodski 53.8619 27.6622 1 TUT.BY; Svaboda.org National On 15 November, 7 students, including Youth Bloc members, held a protest outside the Belarusian State Economic University against forced early voting for students. [size=7] 0 1576855236 BLR
6701678 112 BLR278 278 2019-11-11 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Students (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Zavodski 53.8619 27.6622 1 TUT.BY; Svaboda.org National On 11 November, more than 600 students protested at the Minsk Innovation University against the refusal of the Education Ministry to grant accreditation to certain faculties of the university. [size=more than 600] 0 1576855244 BLR
6702095 112 BLR282 282 2019-11-10 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Gomel Gomel 52.4345 30.9754 1 Svaboda.org National On 10 November, more than 60 people held an electoral rally in Gomel, demanding judicial reforms, softer drug policies, and the resignation of president Lukashenka. [size=more than 60] 0 1576855245 BLR
6702123 112 BLR279 279 2019-11-10 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BPF: Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front; BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; MFF: Movement 'For Freedom' 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Svaboda.org; Charter-97; Brestskaya Gazeta; TUT.BY; BelaPAN Subnational-National On 10 November, between 150 and 400 people protested in a park in Brest against the construction of a battery plant near the city. BPF, MFF, BCD members participated in the rally. [size=150-400] 0 1576855246 BLR
6702126 112 BLR280 280 2019-11-10 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Brestskaya Gazeta; Charter-97; Svaboda.org; TUT.BY; BelaPAN Subnational-National On 10 November, around 70 people protested in central Brest against the construction of a battery plant near the city. The protest was hosted by an electoral rally of a BSDP-PA candidate MP. [size=around 70] 0 1576855246 BLR
6702439 112 BLR281 281 2019-11-09 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) OGP: United Civic Party of Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 Charter-97 National On 9 November, several OGP members and the OGP leader and candidate MP held an electoral protest in the Tsentralny district of Minsk, demanding independent justice and equality before law in belarus. [size=several] 0 1576855247 BLR
6338381 112 BLR268 268 2019-11-08 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) Students (Belarus); Labour Group (Belarus); Journalists (Belarus); Razam Movement; OGP: United Civic Party of Belarus; European Belarus 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 TUT.BY; Charter-97; Viasna; Svaboda.org Other-National On 8 November, approximately 1000 people protested in Minsk's Freedom Square, condemning the integration with Russia, the Astravetsk nuclear power plant, the new conscription law, and the political repressions. Students, pensioners, bloggers, as well as OGP, European Belarus and Razam activists participated in the rally. Policemen in plain clothes attempted to prevent by force the protesters from bringing loudspeakers. [size= approximately 1000] 0 1573586485 BLR
6338382 112 BLR269 269 2019-11-08 2019 2 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Youth Bloc 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Pershamayski 53.9348 27.6634 1 naviny.by; Charter-97 National As reported on 8 November, at least three people, mainly activists of the Youth Bloc, held an electoral protest near the Vostok metro station in Minsk, condemning the new conscription law and demanding its reform. [size=at least 3] 0 1573586485 BLR
6338974 112 BLR270 270 2019-11-06 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Youth Bloc 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Svaboda.org National On 6 November, at least three members and candidate MPs from the Youth Bloc held an electoral protest outside the сhemistry and law faculties of the Belarusian National University, condemning the state of the education and the new conscription law. [size=at least 3] 0 1573586487 BLR
6338378 112 BLR265 265 2019-11-05 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Mogilev Mogilev Mogilev 53.9168 30.3449 1 mogilev.online; Charter-97 Subnational-National On 5 November, at least 4 people took part in an electoral protest in Mogilev organized by two candidate MPs against a chemical plant near the city. [size=at least 4] 0 1573586485 BLR
6338637 112 BLR262 262 2019-11-05 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Smalyavichy Zhodzina 54.0999 28.3392 1 Charter-97 National On 5 November, an electoral protest for the education reform organized by the BCD took place in Zhodzina of the Minsk region. BCD vice-president participated in the protest. [size=no report] 0 1573586486 BLR
6338638 112 BLR261 261 2019-11-04 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Baranovichy Baranovichi 53.1327 26.0139 1 Charter-97 National On 4 November, an electoral protest for fair elections organized by the BCD took place in Baranovichy of the Brest region. BCD vice-president participated in the protest. [size=no report] 0 1573586486 BLR
6338377 112 BLR264 264 2019-11-03 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) MF: Young Front 6 Private Security Forces (Belarus) Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 8 68 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 naviny.by; Novy Chas; Svaboda.org; TUT.BY; Nasha Niva National On 3 November, 6 activists demonstrating outside the Poyedem Poyedim restaurant in the Kurapaty memorial forest were reportedly beaten up by the security personnel of the restaurant and by policemen during their arrest, leading to Young Front's member receiving a neck trauma. [size=6] 0 1573586485 BLR
6338379 112 BLR266 266 2019-11-03 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Svaboda.org; Nasha Niva; Charter-97; TUT.BY; Salidarnasts National On 3 November, approximately 200 people held an electoral protest in Brest against a battery plant near the city. BSDP-PA candidate MPs offered their electoral platform for the protest to be legal. [size=approximately 200] 0 1573586485 BLR
6338380 112 BLR267 267 2019-11-03 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) European Belarus; Razam Movement; BPF: Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front; MF: Youth Front; Christian Orthodox Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Pershamayski 53.9348 27.6634 2 Nasha Niva; Charter-97; Viasna; Svaboda.org; TUT.BY; Belsat Other-National On 3 November, between 250 and 325 people marched from Chaluskintsau Park to the Kurapaty memorial forest to mark the Dzyady memorial day. The protesters protested against integration with Russia and political repressions. Razam, European Belarus, BPF, Young Front activists and representatives of the self-governing Orthodox Belarusian Church participated in the rally. [size=250-325] 0 1573586485 BLR
6338636 112 BLR263 263 2019-11-03 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsk 55.1904 30.2049 1 Charter-97 National On 3 November, a protest against the integration with Russia organized by the BDSP-PA was held in Vitebsk. [size=no report] 0 1573586486 BLR
6338359 112 BLR258 258 2019-11-02 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Youth Bloc; BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly; Belarusian Green Party 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Leninski 53.8594 27.5878 1 BelaPAN; Nasha Niva; European Radio for Belarus; Svaboda.org National On 2 November, around 20 members of the Young Bloc held a protest in Minsk's UN square, demanding the legalization of light narcotics. BSDP-PA, Belarusian Green Party members were present at the rally. [size=around 20] 0 1573585647 BLR
6332485 112 BLR259 259 2019-11-01 2019 1 Strategic developments Other Government of Belarus (1994-) 1 0 10 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Svaboda.org; Viasna Other-National On 1 November, the electoral commission of the 4th Brest constituency cancelled the candidacy of a Brest-battery plant protest leader, thus eliminating all the leaders of the Brest environmental protest from of the parliamentary elections. 0 1572984851 BLR
6403144 112 BLR286 286 2019-10-31 2019 1 Violence against civilians Attack Unidentified Armed Group (Belarus) 3 Civilians (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly 7 37 Europe Belarus Mogilev Mogilev Mogilev 53.9168 30.3449 1 Viasna Other On 31 October, two unidentified men beat a BSDP-PA activist in Mogilev for his support for the opposition in Belarus. The activist had significant traumas in the chest and belt areas. 0 1575401505 BLR
6332648 112 BLR256 256 2019-10-31 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) European Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Leninski 53.8594 27.5878 1 Charter-97 National On 31 October, an electoral protest was held at the intersection of Lenin and Nezalezhnosti streets in Minsk, where European Belarus activists demanded the resignation of the president of Belarus through a performance. [size=no report] 0 1572984867 BLR
6332483 112 BLR255 255 2019-10-30 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) OGP: United Civic Party of Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Gomel Gomel 52.4345 30.9754 1 naviny.by; Charter-97 National On 30 October, a protest was held in Gomel against a construction in a green park. An OGP parliamentary candidate organized the rally. [size=no report] 0 1572984849 BLR
6332481 112 BLR253 253 2019-10-29 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly; European Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 TUT.BY; Belsat; Svaboda.org; BelaPAN; Charter-97 National On 29 October, 36 people, including European Belarus and BSDP-PA activists, held a commemoration rally for the 1930s Stalinist repression victims, while condemning the politically motivated detentions in Belarus. [size=36] 0 1572984847 BLR
6332649 112 BLR257 257 2019-10-29 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) European Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Leninski 53.8594 27.5878 1 Charter-97 National On 29 October, hundreds of people participated in an electoral protest of European Belarus, organized at the intersection of the Lenin and Nezalezhnosti streets in Minsk. The protesters demanded higher wages and the cancellation of the new conscription law and the penalization of unemployed people. [size=hundreds] 0 1572984867 BLR
6332480 112 BLR251 251 2019-10-27 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 Charter-97; Nasha Niva National On 27 October, members of the BSDP-PA party, led by Mikalay Statkevich, held an electoral protest in the Vierchni Horad neighborhood of Minsk in support of the political detainees in Belarus. [size=no report] 0 1572984846 BLR
6332482 112 BLR254 254 2019-10-27 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly; European Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 BelaPAN; naviny.by; Charter-97; Svaboda.org National On 27 October, at least 130 people marched in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city, but also condemned the elimination of independent candidates from the parliamentary elections. BSDP-PA and European Belarus members and candidates participated in the rally. [size=at least 130] 0 1572984848 BLR
6332780 112 BLR252 252 2019-10-27 2019 2 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Grodno Lida Lida 53.8833 25.2997 1 Nasha Niva National As reported on 27 October, members of the BSDP-PA party held an electoral protest in Lida in support of the political detainees. [size=no report] 0 1572984867 BLR
6224020 112 BLR247 247 2019-10-26 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) European Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Frunzenski 53.9006 27.4950 1 Charter-97 National On 26 October, around 100 people attended European Belarus' electoral protest against the Astravets NPP, held next to the Spartivnaya metro station in Minsk. [size=around 100] 0 1572374421 BLR
6332971 112 BLR260 260 2019-10-25 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) OGP: United Civic Party of Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Mogilev Mogilev Mogilev 53.9168 30.3449 1 Viasna Other On 25 October, around 4 people, including OGP members and MP candidates, held an electoral rally in Mogilev, demanding the factories to be removed from the city. [size=around 4] 0 1572984868 BLR
6223836 112 BLR245 245 2019-10-25 2019 1 Strategic developments Other Government of Belarus (1994-) Judges (Belarus) 1 Civilians (Belarus) Anarchist Group (Belarus) 7 17 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Frunzenski 53.9006 27.4950 1 TUT.BY; Nasha Niva; RFE/RL; Viasna; Svaboda.org Other-National On 25 October, the Minsk City Court sentenced anarchist Zmiter Paliyenka to 2 years of domestic arrest and rehabilitation, ending a string of protests demanding his freedom. 0 1572374421 BLR
6223838 112 BLR248 248 2019-10-25 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) European Belarus; Anarchist Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Frunzenski 53.9006 27.4950 1 Charter-97; Novy Chas National On 25 October, an electoral protest of European Belarus against the Astravets NPP was held next to the Pushkinskaya metro station in Minsk. Anarchist Zmiter Paliyenka participated in the rally. [size=no report] 0 1572374421 BLR
6224021 112 BLR249 249 2019-10-23 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) European Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Frunzenski 53.9006 27.4950 1 Charter-97 National On 23 October, activists of the European Belarus movement protested outside the Minsk City Court, demanding the acquittal of anarchist Zmiter Paliyenka. [size=no report] 0 1572374421 BLR
6223839 112 BLR250 250 2019-10-23 2019 2 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Labour Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 1 Charter-97; Onliner.by National As reported on 23 October, around 15 taxi drivers protested in Minsk, demanding stricter regulation of online car sharing services, as well as better social security nets for their group. [size=around 15] 0 1572374421 BLR
6224341 112 BLR244 244 2019-10-20 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) OGP: United Civic Party of Belarus; BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Gomel Gomel 52.4345 30.9754 1 Viasna Other On 20 October, OGP candidate Tatiana Kanyevskaya held an electoral protest in Gomel, demanding the overhaul of the judicial system. OGP and BCD members were present at the rally. [size=no report] 0 1572374422 BLR
6223837 112 BLR246 246 2019-10-20 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Belsat; Charter-97; Nasha Niva; BelaPAN; Svaboda.org; TUT.BY; Brestskaya Gazeta Subnational-National On 20 October, approximately 140 people marched in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city and condemned the rejection of local parliamentary candidates. [size=approximattely 140] 0 1572374421 BLR
6226436 112 BLR243 243 2019-10-17 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) Anarchist Group (Belarus); BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly; European Belarus 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Frunzenski 53.9006 27.4950 1 Viasna; Charter-97 Other-National On 17 October, around 30 people protested outside the Minsk City Court, demanding the court to stop the case against Zmiter Palienka. Anarchists, members of the European Belarus, as well as BSDP-PA members participated in the protest. The police tried to take the protesters out of the court by force. [size=around 30] 0 1572403604 BLR
6160609 112 BLR241 241 2019-10-16 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Svaboda.org; Charter-97 National On 16 October, 4 anarchists protested outside the Turkish embassy in Minsk, demanding the halt of the Turkish incursion into the North-Eastern Syria. [size=4] 0 1571776728 BLR
6160610 112 BLR242 242 2019-10-14 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Svaboda.org National On 14 October, supporters protested outside the Minsk traffic police, condemning the persecution of a blogger. BSDP-PA members were present. [size=no report] 0 1571776728 BLR
6160608 112 BLR240 240 2019-10-13 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Svaboda.org; Charter-97; BelaPAN; Nasha Niva National On 13 October, approximately 200 people marched in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city and condemned the persecution of local environmental activists. [size=approximately 200] 0 1571776728 BLR
6025353 112 BLR238 238 2019-10-07 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) European Belarus; Anarchist Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 TUT.BY; Nasha Niva; Charter-97; Svaboda.org National On 7 October, at least 10 people protested outside the Mariott hotel in Minsk, raising awareness about political prisoners, the Astravets power plant, and Lukashenka's rule. European Belarus, together with anarchists, organized the protest. [size=at least 10] 0 1571160220 BLR
6226435 112 BLR237 237 2019-10-06 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly; European Belarus; Journalists (Belarus); MF: Young Front; Razam Movement; Anarchist Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 Nasha Niva; TUT.BY; BelaPAN; RFE/RL; Viasna; Svaboda.org Other-National On 6 October, around 100 people protested in Minsk's Liberty Square, demanding the resignation of president Lukashenka, the release of political prisoners, and the freezing of the Belarus-Russia Union State talks. BDSP-PA, BCD, European Belarus, Razam, Young Front members, as well as anarchists took part in the protest. A blogger was reportedly arrested by the police right after the rally. [size=around 100] 0 1572403604 BLR
6025563 112 BLR239 239 2019-10-06 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 BelaPAN National On 6 October, around 100 people marched in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=around 100] 0 1571160220 BLR
6018416 112 BLR236 236 2019-09-29 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 TUT.BY; BelaPAN National On 29 September, around 100 people protested in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=around 100] 0 1570553928 BLR
6338368 112 BLR235 235 2019-09-27 2019 2 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Charter-97 National As reported on 27 September, a protest was held outside the Poyedem Poyedim restaurant near the memorial forest in Kurapaty. The protesters tried to raise awareness about the historical importance of the Kurapaty memorial. BCD Pavel Sevyarinets participated in the rally. [size=no report] 0 1573585647 BLR
7001022 112 BLR233 233 2019-09-27 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) FFF: Fridays for Future; Students (Russia) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Leninski 53.8594 27.5878 1 Svaboda.org National On 27 September, a climate strike protest was held on Kastrynichnaya Ulrica in Minsk as part of the #FridaysforFuture climate protest movement. The protesters held an art performance. [size=no report] 0 1585075531 BLR
6015104 112 BLR232 232 2019-09-25 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Pershamayski 53.9348 27.6634 1 Nasha Niva; Charter-97; Belsat National On 25 September, a protest was held outside the Vostok metro station , with protesters asking people not to use plastic bags. [size=no report] 0 1569958594 BLR
6015105 112 BLR234 234 2019-09-25 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly; European Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Frunzenski 53.9006 27.4950 1 naviny.by; Charter-97; Svaboda.org; Nasha Niva National On 25 September, around 30 people protested outside the Minsk City Court to demand the acquittal of anarchist Dmitry Palienka in a case of alleged injurious statements against the authorities. European Belarus and BSDP-PA represented by Mikalay Statkevich were present at the protest. [size=around 30] 0 1569958594 BLR
6015103 112 BLR231 231 2019-09-22 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 BelaPAN; naviny.by; Charter-97; Svaboda.org National On 22 September, around 110 people protested in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=around 110] 0 1569958594 BLR
6314840 112 BLR229 229 2019-09-19 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) OGP: United Civic Party of Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsk 55.1904 30.2049 1 Viasna Other On 19 September, members of the OGP protested in Vitebsk with the slogans 'No to Russian occupation!' and 'No to the union state!'. During a protest an unknown individual attacked an OGP candidate MP by tearing her banner. [size=no report] 0 1572403786 BLR
6001308 112 BLR230 230 2019-09-19 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Gomel Gomel 52.4345 30.9754 1 Svaboda.org National On 19 September, around 30 parents protested in Gomel, demanding the reversal of the dismissal of a local school director. [size=around 30] 0 1569351138 BLR
6226434 112 BLR228 228 2019-09-16 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) OGP: United Civic Party of Belarus; BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly; BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; European Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 TUT.BY; Svaboda.org; BelaPAN; Charter-97; Nasha Niva; Viasna Other-National On 16 September, between 15 and 20 members of the OGP, BCD, European Belarus and BSDP-PA parties held a protest outside Minsk's GUM, demanding justice in the case of the disappearance of politicians Viktor Gonchar and Anatoly Krassovskyi in 1999. [size=15-20] 0 1572403604 BLR
6000741 112 BLR227 227 2019-09-15 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 TUT.BY; naviny.by; Svaboda.org; BelaPAN; Charter-97 National On 15 September, around 120 people protested in central Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=around 120] 0 1569351138 BLR
5977660 112 BLR226 226 2019-09-10 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Mogilev Mogilev Mogilev 53.9168 30.3449 1 TUT.BY National On 10 September, around 40 people protested on Kashtanowa street in Mogilev against new buildings in the neighborhood. [size=around 40] 0 1568748649 BLR
5977274 112 BLR225 225 2019-09-08 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Belsat; Charter-97 National On 8 September, approximately 130 people protested in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=approximately 130] 0 1568748648 BLR
6314837 112 BLR223 223 2019-09-05 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 Viasna Other On 5 September, between 11 and 14 persons held a protest in Minsk's Kyiv Square in favor of softening the drug possession sentences as stipulated by the 328th article of the Belarusian penal code. [size=11-14] 0 1572403786 BLR
5965342 112 BLR221 221 2019-09-01 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) OGP: United Civic Party of Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97; TUT.BY; Brestskaya Gazeta; Svaboda.org; BelaPAN Subnational-National On 1 September, over 150 people marched in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. OGP MP candidate Aleksandr Kabanow was present at the rally. [size=over 150] 0 1568136729 BLR
5965343 112 BLR222 222 2019-09-01 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Mogilev Mogilev Mogilev 53.9168 30.3449 1 mogilev.online; Charter-97 Subnational-National On 1 September, a protest was held in Mogilev against the decision of local authorities to allow a new construction in a residential neighborhood. [size=no report] 0 1568136729 BLR
6226432 112 BLR219 219 2019-08-25 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Grodno Hrodna Grodno 53.6884 23.8258 1 Hrodna.life; S13; TUT.BY; Viasna Other-Subnational On 25 August, 20 youngsters held an unsanctioned rally in Grodno, demanding a concert of a Belarusian singer in their town. [size=20] 0 1572403604 BLR
6226433 112 BLR224 224 2019-08-25 2019 1 Violence against civilians Attack Unidentified Armed Group (Belarus) 3 Civilians (Belarus) 7 37 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Leninski 53.8594 27.5878 1 RFE/RL; HRW Other-International On 25 August, a young man attacked three men, including filmmaker Nikolai Kuprich, on Kastrycnickaja street in Minsk, causing heavy head injuries to Kuprich. The attack is thought to be linked to Kuprich's filmmaking work with the Free Belarus Theater and the LGBT community. 0 1572403604 BLR
5924199 112 BLR220 220 2019-08-25 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) European Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 TUT.BY; BelaPAN; Svaboda.org; Charter-97 National On 25 August, between 150 and 250 people protested in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. A member of European Belarus, Fedor Petrusevich, participated in the rally. [size=150-250] 0 1567533545 BLR
6226431 112 BLR218 218 2019-08-19 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Students (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Svaboda.org; Viasna Other-National On 19 August, four students protested in the Tuсynski Square in Minsk against the new conscription law in Belarus, arguing that education is more important. No arrests have been conducted. [size=4] 0 1572403604 BLR
5924195 112 BLR216 216 2019-08-18 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Svietlahorsk Svietlahorsk 52.6329 29.7389 1 Charter-97 National On 18 August, several locals protested in Svietlahorsk against the operation of a cellulose plant near the city. [size=several] 0 1567533545 BLR
5924196 112 BLR217 217 2019-08-18 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Svaboda.org; Nasha Niva; Charter-97 National On 18 August, over 150 people protested in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=over 150] 0 1567533545 BLR
6226430 112 BLR215 215 2019-08-17 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Anarchist Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Viasna; Novy Chas Other-National On 17 August, at least 4 anarchists held a protest in Brest against the new conscription law in Belarus. No arrests have been registered. [size=at least 4] 0 1572403604 BLR
5924193 112 BLR214 214 2019-08-15 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Russia) Labour Group (Russia) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Grodno Astravyets Astravyets 54.6145 25.9571 1 Svaboda.org; Charter-97; Nasha Niva National On 15 August, around 50 Russian citizens working on the Astravyets NPP protested in Astravyets, demanding the payment of their salaries. [size=around 50] 0 1567533545 BLR
6226429 112 BLR213 213 2019-08-14 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) 6 Unidentified Armed Group (Belarus) 3 36 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Khaby 52.1306 23.9103 2 Nasha Niva; Viasna; Charter-97; Brestskaya Gazeta; TUT.BY; Svaboda.org Other-Subnational On 14 August, a man allegedly affiliated with the battery plant near Brest, hit activist Mariia Galalyuk in the face, causing a minor injury, and attempted attacking other activists holding a protest vigil outside the plant. [size=no report] 0 1572403604 BLR
5924190 112 BLR211 211 2019-08-11 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Svietlahorsk Svietlahorsk 52.6329 29.7389 1 Charter-97 National On 11 August, locals protested in Svietlahorsk against the emissions of the cellulose plant near the city. [size=no report] 0 1567533545 BLR
5924191 112 BLR212 212 2019-08-11 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97 National On 11 August, over 300 people protested in Brest against the operation of the car battery plant outside the city. [size=over 300] 0 1567533545 BLR
5924189 112 BLR210 210 2019-08-04 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97 National On 4 August, around 200 people protested in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=around 200] 0 1567533545 BLR
6226428 112 BLR209 209 2019-07-28 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Svaboda.org; Viasna; Charter-97; Nasha Niva; Brestskaya Gazeta Other-Subnational On 28 July, a protest of 150 people was held in Brest against the operation of a battery plant near the city. [size=150] 0 1572403604 BLR
5669468 112 BLR207 207 2019-07-21 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Nasha Niva; Brestskaya Gazeta; Charter-97 Subnational-National On 21 July, 300 people marched in Brest in protest against the operation of the car battery plant near the city. [size=300] 0 1564506292 BLR
5924187 112 BLR208 208 2019-07-20 2019 1 Violence against civilians Attack Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) Belarus Special Purpose Police 1 Civilians (Belarus) 7 17 Europe Belarus Grodno Hrodna Grodno 53.6884 23.8258 2 European Radio for Belarus; Charter-97 National On 20 July, a civilian was beaten by OMON policemen outside an automobile festival in Grodno allegedly for being drunk. The beating, not yet confirmed by the police, resulted in the necrosis of one leg's part. [coded according to the version of the civilian] 0 1567533545 BLR
6226427 112 BLR206 206 2019-07-17 2019 1 Strategic developments Agreement Government of Ukraine (2014-2019) 8 Donetsk People's Republic - Government Luhansk People's Republic - Government; Government of Russia (2000-); OSCE: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 2 28 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 1 Sprotyv; Interfax; Unian; ITAR-TASS; Novoye Vremya Ukraine; Ukrinform Regional On 17 July, the Trilateral Contact Group, consisting of the representatives of the Ukrainian government, OSCE, the Russian government and DPR and LPR rebel governments, reached an agreement during negotiations in Minsk, Belarus, on indefinite ceasefire starting from 21 July and prisoner exchange of 208 rebels to 69 Ukrainian soldiers. 0 1572403604 BLR
6338358 112 BLR205 205 2019-07-14 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) TBM: Belarusian Language Society 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Svaboda.org; Charter-97; Nasha Niva; Novy Chas National On 14 July, several people protested outside the Poyedem Poyedim restaurant near the memorial forest in Kurapaty, trying to raise awareness about the history of the site. Minor Illarion Trusaw and TBM activist Rygori Asavul were arrested by the police and taken to the Barauliany department. [size=several] 0 1573585647 BLR
6226426 112 BLR204 204 2019-07-14 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Brestskaya Gazeta; Viasna; Charter-97; Nasha Niva; BelaPAN; Svaboda.org Other-Subnational On 14 July, a protest of at least 150 people took place in central Brest against the operation of a car battery plant. [size=at least 150] 0 1572403604 BLR
5556031 112 BLR203 203 2019-07-13 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) MF: Young Front 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk Barysaw Barauliany 54.4962 28.3444 2 Svaboda.org; Nasha Niva National On 13 July, Dennis Urbanovich, MF: Young Front's leader, was arrested during a demonstration at the Kurapaty memorial forest. Urbanovich was taken to the Barauleany police department. [size=no report] 0 1563300980 BLR
5968738 112 BLR202 202 2019-07-07 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 TUT.BY; Charter-97; Brestskaya Gazeta; Nasha Niva; Svaboda.org Subnational-National On 7 July, at least 150 people protested in Brest against the operation of a car battery plant outside the city. BSDP-PA leader Mikalay Statkevich attended the rally. [size=at least 150] 0 1568140254 BLR
6338357 112 BLR201 201 2019-07-03 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) MF: Young Front 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Charter-97; Svaboda.org National On 3 July, a protest was held outside the Poyedem Poyedim restaurant to raise awareness about the historical importance of the nearby Kurapaty memorial forest. Four Young Front protesters were arrested and one more activist. [size=at least 5] 0 1573585647 BLR
5559430 112 BLR200 200 2019-06-30 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97; Nasha Niva; TUT.BY National On 30 June, a protest of 400 people was held in Brest against the operation of a car battery plant near the city. [size=400] 0 1563305266 BLR
5559428 112 BLR198 198 2019-06-28 2019 1 Strategic developments Other Government of Belarus (1994-) 1 0 10 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Svaboda.org; Nasha Niva; TUT.BY National On 28 June, both chambers of the Belarusian Parliament approved a new conscription law, allowing only one-time motivations against being conscripted. The law was adopted despite calls and petitions against it. 0 1563305266 BLR
6226424 112 BLR197 197 2019-06-28 2019 1 Strategic developments Other Government of Belarus (1994-) 1 0 10 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 BelaPAN; Onliner.by; Viasna; TUT.BY; Belta; RFE/RL Other-National On 28 June, both chambers of the Belarusian Parliament approved an amnesty law freeing from detention between 2000 and 6000 detainees, including those under investigation. The amnesty also regards detainees sentenced for drug distribution which sparked multiple protests among parents of the convicts over the past months. 0 1572403604 BLR
6226423 112 BLR196 196 2019-06-27 2019 1 Strategic developments Agreement Donetsk People's Republic - Government Luhansk People's Republic - Government 2 Civilians (Ukraine) Opposition Platform - For Life 7 27 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 1 Hromadske Radio; Interfax; Sputnik News Service; Ukraine General Newswire; Sprotyv Regional On 27 June, member of the pro-Russian party 'Opposition Platform - For Life' Victor Medvedchuk negotiated the release of four Ukrainian prisoners (three soldiers and one civilian) with the heads of LPR and DPR in Minsk, Belarus, without any authorisation from the Ukrainian government. The captives arrived from Russian Rostov-on-Don to Kiev the next day. Release of political and war prisoners held in Russia, including Kerch Strait incident sailors, is currently one of the top priorities on the Ukrainian foreign policy agenda. Ukraine officially has been refusing to hold negotiations with the heads of LPR and DPR insisting on putting more pressure on Russia instead. 0 1572403604 BLR
5559425 112 BLR195 195 2019-06-23 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Brestskaya Gazeta; Nasha Niva; Charter-97 Subnational-National On 23 June, at least 300 locals marched in Brest against the operation of a car battery plant near the city. [size=at least 300] 0 1563305266 BLR
5550375 112 BLR194 194 2019-06-21 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Svaboda.org National On 21 June, tens of parents protested outside Belarus' Parliament demanding further softening of the sentences for drug distribution crimes. [size=tens] 0 1562690268 BLR
5559424 112 BLR193 193 2019-06-21 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 Svaboda.org; BelaPAN; Nasha Niva National On 21 June, three activists of the Gramada (People's Assembly) protested on Victors' avenue in Minsk, showing opposition to the plans of further integration between Belarus and Russia. All three activists were arrested after the protest. [size=3] 0 1563305266 BLR
6226422 112 BLR192 192 2019-06-16 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97; Viasna; BelaPAN; Svaboda.org Other-National On 16 June, around 300 people protested in Brest, demanding the closing of a car battery plant. [size=about 300] 0 1572403604 BLR
6226421 112 BLR191 191 2019-06-14 2019 1 Strategic developments Other Government of Belarus (1994-) 1 0 10 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 BelaPAN; Svaboda.org; Viasna Other-National On 14 June, the Brest Regional Executive Committee issued a decision ordering a suspension of the construction of the car battery plant in Brest. The move comes after an investigation started by the Belarusian Ministry of Natural Resources, but also after more than a year of local protests against the plant. 0 1572403604 BLR
5559421 112 BLR190 190 2019-06-13 2019 1 Strategic developments Other Government of Belarus (1994-) 1 0 10 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Belsat; BelaPAN; Charter-97; TUT.BY National On 13 June, the Belarusian House of Representatives approved the amendment of the 328th article of the penal code reducing the sentences for drug distribution crimes. The move comes after a series of protests of mothers and parents of drug convicts. 0 1563305266 BLR
5559420 112 BLR189 189 2019-06-09 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Svaboda.org; Charter-97; Nasha Niva; TUT.BY National On 9 June, over 200 people protested in Brest against the construction of a car battery plant outside the city. The local authorities later invited the protesters to a joint meeting. [size=at least 200] 0 1563305266 BLR
5559419 112 BLR188 188 2019-06-08 2019 2 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Women (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsk 55.1904 30.2049 1 Radio Ratsia; Charter-97 National As reported on 8 June, several protesters, mostly mothers, held a public prayer near the 1st Vitebsk prison to demand the softening of sentences for their drug convicted relatives. [size=no report] 0 1563305266 BLR
6226425 112 BLR199 199 2019-06-02 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) Journalists (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Svaboda.org; Charter-97; TUT.BY; BelaPAN; Nasha Niva; Viasna Other-National On 2 June, a protest of about 140 people was held in Brest against the construction and operation of a car battery plant. A prominent blogger, Syarhey Pyatrukhin, was arrested during the rally. [size=about 140] 0 1572403604 BLR
6338374 112 BLR185 185 2019-06-01 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) MF: Young Front; BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Svaboda.org National On 1 June, a protest of 30 people was held outside Poyedem Poyedim restaurant near the memorial forest in Kurapaty. The protesters were raising awareness about the historical importance of the location of the restaurant. MF: Young Front leader Denis Urbanovich and BCD leader Pavel Sevyarinets, as well as activist Nina Bahinskaya, were present at the protest. [size=30] 0 1573585647 BLR
5559418 112 BLR184 184 2019-05-30 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Women (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Belsat; Charter-97 National On 30 May, a protest was held in Minsk's Independence Square. The protesters, mostly mothers of drug convicts, demanded amnesty for drug convicts and softening of the relevant legislation. [size=no report] 0 1563305266 BLR
6226420 112 BLR183 183 2019-05-30 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Women (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 Nasha Niva; Viasna; Charter-97; Svaboda.org Other-National On 30 May, a protest of 50 people was held in Kyiv square of Minsk. The protesters, mostly mothers and Legalize Belarus activists, demanded an amnesty for entry-level drug convicts and the softening of the sentences for drug consumption and possession. [size=50] 0 1572403604 BLR
5211175 112 BLR182 182 2019-05-29 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Labour Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 TUT.BY National On 29 May, a protest of 20 people was held outside the Maskouski district administration. The protesters, mostly pensioners, demanded the authorities to stop the construction of a business center in their neighbourhood. [size=20] 0 1559689850 BLR
5535488 112 BLR180 180 2019-05-26 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Nasha Niva; Charter-97; Brestskaya Gazeta; Svaboda.org Subnational-National On 26 May, a protest of more than 200 people was held in central Brest against the construction and operation of car battery plant outside the city. [size=200] 0 1561483030 BLR
6226419 112 BLR181 181 2019-05-26 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Mogilev Mogilev Mogilev 53.9168 30.3449 1 Viasna; Belsat; Charter-97; Svaboda.org; TUT.BY Other-National On 26 May, a protest of 6 people was held in Mogilev. The protesters condemned the new protesting regulations. [size=6] 0 1572403604 BLR
5968736 112 BLR179 179 2019-05-19 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97; Belsat; Nasha Niva; Brestskaya Gazeta; Svaboda.org Subnational-National On 19 May, about 200 locals held a protest in Brest against the construction and operation of a car battery plant outside the city. No arrests have been made. [size=about 200] 0 1568140254 BLR
5535485 112 BLR177 177 2019-05-16 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Orthodox Christian Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Charter-97; Novy Chas; Svaboda.org National On 16 May, several Orthodox priests and believers, as well as other religious groups, held a public prayer in the memorial Kurapaty forest. The Orthodox priests condemned the way the Belarusian authorities handled the memorial site. [size=no report] 0 1561483030 BLR
6984663 112 BLR178 178 2019-05-15 2019 3 Strategic developments Arrests Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 Civilians (Belarus) Romani Ethnic Group (Belarus) 7 17 Europe Belarus Mogilev Mogilev Mogilev 53.9168 30.3449 1 Nasha Niva; Viasna; TUT.BY Other-National In May 2019, at least 132 Romani individuals were arrested in Mogilev for hearings in a case about the killing of a policeman. Most of the arrested individuals were freed shortly after the arrests. 0 1583873562 BLR
5535484 112 BLR176 176 2019-05-12 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97; TUT.BY; BelaPAN; Svaboda.org National On 12 May, around 120 locals protested in central Brest, condemning the starting of the operation of the car battery plant. [size=about 120] 0 1561483030 BLR
6226418 112 BLR175 175 2019-05-05 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 TUT.BY; Viasna; Nasha Niva; BelaPAN; naviny.by; Charter-97; Brestskaya Gazeta; Svaboda.org; Belsat Other-Subnational On 5 May, around 120 people held a protest in Brest against the operation of the car battery plant outside the city. The protesters also voiced discontent about the persecution of the leaders of the protest movement. [size=about 120] 0 1572403604 BLR
5559417 112 BLR174 174 2019-05-01 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Svaboda.org; Belsat; Charter-97 National On 1 May, around 30 people of different religions held a mass prayer at the Kurapaty memorial forest for the preservation of the site. [size=30] 0 1563305266 BLR
5535482 112 BLR173 173 2019-04-29 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Women (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Charter-97; Belsat; BelaPAN; European Radio for Belarus National On 29 April, around 30 people, primarily mothers of convicts, gathered the Belarusian House of Representatives, demanding the liberalization of the criminal offences for drug consumption. [size=30] 0 1561483030 BLR
6226417 112 BLR172 172 2019-04-28 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Salidarnasts; BelaPAN; Svaboda.org; Viasna; Charter-97 Other-National On 28 April, around 70 locals held a protest in Brest against the operation of a car battery plant. No arrests have been conducted, even though the protest was unsanctioned. [size=70] 0 1572403604 BLR
5559416 112 BLR171 171 2019-04-27 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Onliner.by; Charter-97 National On 27 April, a protest was held outside the Minsk executive committee. The protesters demanded the construction of the planned Arkadia housing project. [size=no report] 0 1563305266 BLR
6226416 112 BLR170 170 2019-04-26 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Razam Movement; OGP: United Civic Party of Belarus; BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; MF: Young Front; Orthodox Christian Group (Belarus); Belarusian Green Party 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Savetski 53.9538 27.5953 1 Belsat; Svaboda.org; Viasna; Charter-97; TUT.BY; Nasha Niva Other-National On 26 April, at least 30 people marched on Surganov street in Minsk, commemorating the Chernobyl accident victims and warning about the security of the new Belarusian nuclear power plant. Members of BCD, MF:Youth Front, Razam Movement, OGP, the Orthodox Autonomous Church, and the Belarusian Greens were attending the protest. No arrests had been conducted despite that the protest was unsanctioned. [size=at least 30] 0 1572403604 BLR
5535479 112 BLR169 169 2019-04-24 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Labour Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Grodno Hrodna Grodno 53.6884 23.8258 1 Charter-97; Hrodna.life Subnational-National On 24 April, a protest of around 100 taxi drivers took place in Grodno. The taxi drivers complained about the low tariffs. [size=around 100] 0 1561483030 BLR
5535478 112 BLR168 168 2019-04-23 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Labour Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Mogilev Mogilev Mogilev 53.9168 30.3449 1 Charter-97; TUT.BY National On 23 April, a protest of 20 taxi drivers was held outside the Mogilev executive committee. The taxi drivers demanded regulatory control over the drivers of the Maksim network. [size=20] 0 1561483030 BLR
5559415 112 BLR167 167 2019-04-22 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Belsat; Charter-97 National On 22 April, several parents of drug-convicted young people gathered outside the House of Government in Minsk, demanding that softer amendments regarding drug consumption be adopted. [size=no report] 0 1563305266 BLR
5535477 112 BLR166 166 2019-04-22 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Labour Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Gomel Gomel 52.4345 30.9754 1 Charter-97; Gomel.today; TUT.BY Subnational-National On 22 April, a protest of 50 taxi drivers was held outside the Gomel executive committee. The taxi drivers demanded regulatory control over the drivers of the Maksim network. [size=50] 0 1561483030 BLR
5559414 112 BLR165 165 2019-04-21 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; MF: Young Front 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 2 Svaboda.org; Nasha Niva National On 21 April, a mass prayer involving 30 people took place in the Kurapaty memorial forest. The people prayed for the memorial site and the massacre victims. BCD and MF: Youth Front founder Pavel Sevyrinets participated in the mass prayer. [size=30] 0 1563305266 BLR
6226415 112 BLR164 164 2019-04-21 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 Viasna; TUT.BY; BelaPAN Other-National On 21 April, a protest of around 10 people was held on Freedom Square in Minsk. The people protested against the demolition of the Kurapaty memorial forest. BSDP-PA activist Valentin Troksky was arrested by the police for participation. [size=around 10] 0 1572403604 BLR
5535475 112 BLR163 163 2019-04-21 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Nasha Niva; Brestskaya Gazeta; TUT.BY; BelaPAN; Svaboda.org Subnational-National On 21 April, a protest of 200 people was held in Brest. The protesters marched against the operation of a car battery plant near the city. [size=200] 0 1561483030 BLR
5535472 112 BLR160 160 2019-04-15 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Leninski 53.8594 27.5878 1 Nasha Niva; Charter-97; Novy Chas; TUT.BY; Svaboda.org National On 15 April, around 10 people held a protest outside Belarus' presidential building against the demolishing of memorial crosses in the Kurapaty forest, the arrest of opposition activists, as well as the dictatorial rule in the country. BSDP-PA members attended the protest. The police warned the protesters that the rally was unsanctioned, but did not intervene [size=10]. 0 1561483030 BLR
6226414 112 BLR159 159 2019-04-14 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Brestskaya Gazeta; BelaPAN; Charter-97; Viasna; TUT.BY; Nasha Niva Other-Subnational On 14 April, at least 200 people protested in a march through Brest against the construction of a car battery plant outside the city. During the march, the police arrested at least 8 local activists [size=at least 200]. 0 1572403604 BLR
5535473 112 BLR161 161 2019-04-14 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Baranovichy Baranovichi 53.1327 26.0139 1 Nasha Niva; Charter-97; Intex-Press Subnational-National On 14 April, 8 people organized a protest prayer in Baranovichy in solidarity with the defenders of the Kurapaty memorial forest. The silent protest was organized by local BSDP-PA members [size=8]. 0 1561483030 BLR
5535474 112 BLR162 162 2019-04-14 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) MF: Young Front; Orthodox Christian Group (Belarus); Protestant Christian Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 2 Nasha Niva; BelaPAN; TUT.BY National On 14 April, around 50 people held a prayer in the defense of the Kurapaty memorial forest. MF:Young Front leader Denis Urbanovich was present at the prayer. Orthodox Christians and Protestant Christians participated in the prayer. The police did not intervene, only supervising the peaceful protest. [size=50] 0 1561483030 BLR
6026812 112 BLR157 157 2019-04-12 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) Viasna 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97; Brestskaya Gazeta; ProtectDefenders.eu; Viasna Local partner-Other On 12 April, several activists opposing the construction of a car battery plant near the city held a flashmob outside the Brest police department before being arrested. In total, 10 activists, including a Viasna member, were arrested by police in Brest that day in relation to unsanctioned protests held on April 7 against the car battery plant. [size=no report] 0 1571164374 BLR
6314836 112 BLR158 158 2019-04-08 2019 2 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Svietlahorsk Svietlahorsk 52.6329 29.7389 1 Viasna Other As reported on 8 April, several environmental activists protested in Svietlahorsk in solidarity with the Brest protest movement and for discussing local environmental problems. [size=no report] 0 1572403786 BLR
6747060 112 BLR156 156 2019-04-07 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Orthodox Christian Group (Belarus); BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly; European Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 Svaboda.org; Nasha Niva; Charter-97; DPA; naviny.by; TUT.BY National-Regional On 7 April, at least 200 people gathered in Minsk's Liberty Square to pray for the victims of the Kurapaty forest mass execution. The gathering was initiated by BSDP-PA members as a silent protest against the destruction of the Kurapaty memorial. Members of the European Belarus, as well as members of the independent Orthodox Church, were present. [size=200] 0 1579632396 BLR
5535468 112 BLR155 155 2019-04-07 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Nasha Niva; Charter-97; Brestskaya Gazeta; TUT.BY; BelaPAN; Svaboda.org Subnational-National On 7 April, over 300 people marched in Brest in protest to the construction of a car battery plant near the city. The protesters also called for the police to free some protest activists from arrest. No incidents were reported during the protest. [size=300] 0 1561483030 BLR
5535464 112 BLR151 151 2019-04-05 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Salidarnasts; Charter-97; Brestskaya Gazeta; Svaboda.org Subnational-National On 5 April, a protest of tens of locals took place in Stimovo district of Brest. The protesters demanded the police not arrest the local environmental activist/doctor. [size=tens] 0 1561483030 BLR
6226411 112 BLR153 153 2019-04-05 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) MF: Young Front; BPF: Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front; BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; European Belarus 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 2 Svaboda.org; BelaPAN; Nasha Niva; AP; Viasna; Charter-97; RFE/RL; TUT.BY Other-National On 5 April, a protest of at least 10 people was held at the Kurapaty forest near Minsk. The protesters, including BNF, Young Front, and BCD members, attempted to convince the assigned workers not to disassemble the memorial crosses in the forest. The police arrested several opposition members: European Belarus' Maksim Vinyarski, activist Volha Nikalaychyk, BCD chairman Paval Sevyarynets, veteran activist Nina Bahinskaya. [size=10] 0 1572403604 BLR
6226412 112 BLR154 154 2019-04-04 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) MF: Young Front; BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 2 Charter-97; AP; Nasha Niva; RFE/RL; TUT.BY; Belsat; Svaboda.org; Viasna; BelaPAN Other-National On 4 April, a protest of approximately 200 people took place in the Kurapaty memorial forest. The protesters, including BSDP-PA, BCD, and Young Front members, marched in the forest, condemning the disassembling of memorial crosses. The police arrested 15 protesters, including BCD leader Paval Sevyarynets, Young Front leader Zmitser Dashkevich and several activists among others. [size=200] 0 1572403604 BLR
5535465 112 BLR152 152 2019-04-02 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Women (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Nasha Niva; European Radio for Belarus; BelaPAN; Svaboda.org National On 2 April, a protest of around 30 people took place outside Belarus' House of Government. The protesters, mostly consisting of mothers, demanded the MPs to consider amending the penal punishment on storage of drugs. [size=30] 0 1561483030 BLR
5535463 112 BLR150 150 2019-03-30 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Minsk-Novosti; TUT.BY Subnational-National On 30 March, a protest [size=no report] took place outside Minsk's City Hall. The protesters protested against overpaying for their apartments in the Arkadia residence. 0 1561483030 BLR
6338356 112 BLR149 149 2019-03-25 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) BPF: Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front; MF: Young Front 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Nasha Niva; Belsat; Svaboda.org; Charter-97 National On 25 March, a protest took place outside Poyedem Poyedim restaurant to inform the visitors about the Kurapaty memorial forest. Two protesters were arrested by the police, including BPF and Young Front leader Denis Urbanovich. [size=no report] 0 1573585647 BLR
6226410 112 BLR148 148 2019-03-25 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) OGP: United Civic Party of Belarus; BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; Razam Movement 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 RFE/RL; Viasna; TUT.BY; AP; BelaPAN; Nasha Niva; Charter-97; Svaboda.org; DPA; Interfax Other-National On 25 March, a protest of several hundreds of people [size=hundreds], commemorating the founding of the Belarusian People's Republic was stopped by the police in Kastrychnaya Square. At least 8 opposition protesters, including BCD, OGP, Razam members, and some musicians, were arrested. 0 1572403604 BLR
5968732 112 BLR147 147 2019-03-24 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Brestskaya Gazeta; TUT.BY; BelaPAN; Svaboda.org; Charter-97 Subnational-National On 24 March, a protest of 250 people [size=250] took place in Brest. The protesters marched against the construction of a car battery plant. 0 1568140254 BLR
6226409 112 BLR146 146 2019-03-24 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; MF: Young Front 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 1 Svaboda.org; RFE/RL; AP; Viasna Other-National On 24 March, a commemoration rally of about 2000 people [size=2000] took place in Minsk's Kyiv Square to celebrate the 101st anniversary of the Belarusian People's Republic. Zmitser Dashkevich of the Young Front was arrested after an anti-governmental speech, while a political activist Natalya Basalyga and a BCD member Vitaly Rymashevsky were arrested during the rally. 0 1572403604 BLR
5535458 112 BLR145 145 2019-03-17 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97; Brestskaya Gazeta; BelaPAN; Svaboda.org Subnational-National On 17 March, a rally of 120 people [size=120] was held in Brest. The protesters marched in the city demanding the construction of a car battery plant to stop. 0 1561483030 BLR
5079918 112 BLR144 144 2019-03-14 2019 2 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 3 Svaboda.org National On 14 March, a protest [size=no report] was organized by Legalize Belarus in an unknown forest. The activists were protesting the draconic laws on the so-called 'extremism'. 0 1553853269 BLR
5535457 112 BLR143 143 2019-03-11 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Dobrush Dobrush 52.4089 31.3237 1 Gomel Spring; Charter-97 Subnational-National On 11 March, a protest of 20 people [size=20] was held in Dobrush against the closing of a retail shop. 0 1561483030 BLR
6226408 112 BLR142 142 2019-03-10 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Viasna; Brestskaya Gazeta; Svaboda.org; BelaPAN; Charter-97 Other-Subnational On 10 March, at least 150 people [size=150] marched through Brest to protest the construction of a car battery plant. No arrests or incidents occurred. 0 1572403604 BLR
5079915 112 BLR141 141 2019-03-08 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Nasha Niva National On 8 March, tens of people picketed at the Poyedem Poyedim restaurant outside the Kurapaty forest, trying to raise awareness about the historical importance of the memorial forest. 0 1553853269 BLR
6226407 112 BLR140 140 2019-03-06 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Viasna 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Savetski 53.9538 27.5953 1 Nasha Niva; Svaboda.org; Charter-97; Viasna; TUT.BY Other-National On 6 March, 7 volunteers of the Viasna center protested in the Nations' Friendship park of Minsk, complaining about the new rules of protest. 0 1572403604 BLR
5535454 112 BLR139 139 2019-03-05 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Pershamayski 53.9348 27.6634 1 Charter-97; Svaboda.org National On 5 March 2019, several locals protested outside a construction site on Tolbukhin street in Minsk, demanding the construction to stop. 0 1561483030 BLR
5535453 112 BLR138 138 2019-03-04 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Gomel Gomel 52.4345 30.9754 1 Charter-97; TUT.BY; Svaboda.org National On 4 March, around 100 people protested in Gomel against the pollution coming from the Gomelshpalery and Gomeloboy factories. 0 1561483030 BLR
5968731 112 BLR136 136 2019-03-03 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) Journalists (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Nasha Niva; TUT.BY; BelaPAN; Svaboda.org; Belsat; Brestskaya Gazeta; Charter-97 Subnational-National On 3 March, between 100 and 200 people protested in Brest against the construction of a car battery plant near the city. Belsat journalists Ales Lyawchuk and Milana Kharytonava were arrested for not having accreditation to cover the event. 0 1568140254 BLR
5079911 112 BLR137 137 2019-03-03 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Svietlahorsk Svietlahorsk 52.6329 29.7389 1 Charter-97 National On 3 March, locals protested in Svietlahorsk, demanding the closing of the cellulose plant operating near the city. 0 1553853269 BLR
6226406 112 BLR135 135 2019-02-26 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; European Belarus 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 Viasna; BelaPAN; Svaboda.org; Charter-97; TUT.BY Other-National On February 26th, some 10 people staged a rally at Kastrychnitskaya Square in Minsk, demanding for the release of political prisoners. BCD and European Belarus members took part in the protest. At least 5 persons were arrested before, during, and after the protest. 0 1572403604 BLR
5968730 112 BLR134 134 2019-02-24 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-A: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-Assembly 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 TUT.BY; BelaPAN; Nasha Niva; Charter-97; Brestskaya Gazeta; Svaboda.org Subnational-National On February 24th, between 150 and 180 people marched through Brest to protest against the construction of a car battery plant. BDSP-A members were present at the rally. 0 1568140254 BLR
5535449 112 BLR133 133 2019-02-17 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) OGP: United Civic Party of Belarus; MFF: Movement 'For Freedom'; BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Belsat; Charter-97; TUT.BY; BelaPAN; Svaboda.org National On February 17th, approximately 240 people marched in Brest to protest against the construction of a car battery plant near the city. Members of the BCD, the United Civic Party and the 'For Freedom' Movement were present. At least 3 protesters were arrested by the police. 0 1561483030 BLR
5535448 112 BLR132 132 2019-02-16 2019 1 Violence against civilians Attack Unidentified Armed Group (Belarus) 3 Civilians (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; MF: Young Front 7 37 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Nasha Niva; Charter-97; Svaboda.org National On February 16th, the leader of the MF: Young Front Denis Urbanovich was intentionally ran over with a car by Anatoly Lobanok at the entrance in the Kurapaty forest. BCD members were accompanying Urbanovich, who needed to be hospitalized. 0 1561483030 BLR
5079905 112 BLR131 131 2019-02-10 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Gomel Gomel 52.4345 30.9754 1 Svaboda.org National On February 10th, seven people protested in Homel against the pollution and the noise coming from the Gomelshpalery factory. 0 1553853269 BLR
5535447 112 BLR130 130 2019-02-10 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97; TUT.BY National On February 10th, between 100 and 200 people marched in Brest against the construction of a car battery plant near the city. 0 1561483030 BLR
5079903 112 BLR129 129 2019-02-02 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Gomel Gomel 52.4345 30.9754 1 RFE/RL; Charter-97 National-International On February 2nd, locals of a Gomel neighbourhood protested against the construction of new apartment blocks. 0 1553853269 BLR
5559413 112 BLR128 128 2019-01-15 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Zhytkavichy Pukhavichy 52.3753 27.9619 2 RFE/RL; TUT.BY; Charter-97 National-International On January 15th, locals protested near the Chyrvonoye lake against its inclusion into the Pripetsk reservation. 0 1563305266 BLR
5079900 112 BLR126 126 2019-01-13 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97 National On January 13th, around 200 people protested in central Brest against the construction of a car battery plant. 0 1553853269 BLR
6226405 112 BLR127 127 2019-01-13 2019 1 Violence against civilians Attack Unidentified Armed Group (Belarus) 3 Civilians (Belarus) Journalists (Belarus) 7 37 Europe Belarus Gomel Khoiniki Khoyniki 51.8911 29.9552 2 BelaPAN; BAJ; Nasha Niva Other-National On January 13th, journalist Konstantin Zhukowski and Boris Anikeev were attacked by four men with pepper sprays near the city of Khoyniki in Homel Region. 0 1572403604 BLR
5079899 112 BLR125 125 2019-01-06 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 RFE/RL; BelaPAN National-International On January 6th, around 170 people protested in central Brest against the construction of a car battery plant. 0 1553853269 BLR
6226404 112 BLR124 124 2019-01-05 2019 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 2 Brest Spring; Charter-97 Other-National On January 5th, several locals of Brest protested against the construction of a car battery plant near the construction site. 0 1572403604 BLR
5535445 112 BLR123 123 2019-01-04 2019 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) Journalists (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Nasha Niva; RFE/RL; Charter-97; BelaPAN National-International On January 4th, three opposition activists protested outside Belarus' Interior Ministry, demanding freedom for political prisoners. The three activists and one journalists was arrested by the police after the protest. 0 1561483030 BLR
5079896 112 BLR122 122 2018-12-31 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 RFE/RL; Charter-97 National-International On December 31st, a protest against the operation of a restaurant was held at the Kurapaty forest in suburban Minsk. Four persons, including a representative of the Belarusian Christian Democracy, were arrested. 0 1553853269 BLR
6026811 112 BLR121 121 2018-12-30 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 ProtectDefenders.eu; Charter-97; RFE/RL; BelaPAN Local partner-Other On December 30th, between 150 and 170 people protested in central Brest against the construction of a car battery plant. [size=150-170] 0 1571164374 BLR
5535444 112 BLR120 120 2018-12-23 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Radio Ratsia; Charter-97; BelaPAN; TUT.BY National On December 23rd, around 200 people protested in central Brest against the construction of a car battery plant near the city. 0 1561483030 BLR
5535442 112 BLR119 119 2018-12-20 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Nasha Niva; Charter-97 National On December 20th, around 30 members of the Mothers-328 group protested at the Belarusian parliament, demanding amendments to the laws on drug possession and use. 0 1561483030 BLR
5079892 112 BLR118 118 2018-12-19 2018 1 Strategic developments Other Government of Belarus (1994-) 1 0 10 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 BelaPAN National On December 19th, the Brest City authorities denied permission for three rallies against the construction of a car battery plant near the city. The protests have been held every Sunday since February 25th. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079891 112 BLR117 117 2018-12-18 2018 2 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Kastrychnitski 53.8567 27.5414 1 Charter-97 National As reported on December 18th, activists and family members of political prisoners protested at Belarus' department of executing punishments 0 1553853269 BLR
5559410 112 BLR116 116 2018-12-16 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 BelaPAN; Charter-97 National On December 12th, around 200 people protested in Brest against the construction of a car battery plant in the city suburbs. 0 1563305266 BLR
5958105 112 BLR115 115 2018-12-10 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) BSDP: Belarusian Social Democratic Party; Journalists (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 RFE/RL; BelaPAN National-International On December 10th, three activists staged a protest in Minsk's Kastrychnitskaya Square to demand overturned sentences for independent labor union leaders and freedom for journalists. The police detained the protesters and identified two journalists covering the protest. The activists were party members of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party. 0 1567540512 BLR
5535440 112 BLR114 114 2018-12-09 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 RFE/RL; Charter-97; BelaPAN National-International On December 9th, around 250 locals protested in central Brest against the construction of a car battery plant. 0 1561483030 BLR
5535438 112 BLR112 112 2018-12-02 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97; TUT.BY National On December 2nd, around 120 people gathered in central Brest to protest the construction of a car battery plant. 0 1561483030 BLR
5535439 112 BLR113 113 2018-12-02 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Anarchist Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 Nasha Niva; RFE/RL; Charter-97; TUT.BY National-International On December 2nd, several anarchist protesters organized a short protest at the policeman statue in Minsk. Two activists were shortly arrested. 0 1561483030 BLR
5535437 112 BLR111 111 2018-11-26 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 Nasha Niva; Charter-97; BelaPAN National On November 26th, several opposition activist protested outside Russia's embassy in Minsk against the capture of Ukrainian sailors in the Kerch Strait. The protest was permitted by the Minsk authorities, but most participants were later fined by the police. Some of the demonstrators were also asked to come to the police station for a "protocol procedure". 0 1561483030 BLR
5559409 112 BLR110 110 2018-11-25 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 RFE/RL; Nasha Niva; Charter-97 National-International On November 25th, around 120 people protested in central Brest against the construction of a car battery plant. 0 1563305266 BLR
5535436 112 BLR109 109 2018-11-24 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BPF: Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front; Dzieja; Razam Movement; MF: Young Front 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Slutsk Slutsk 53.0274 27.5597 1 Nasha Niva; RFE/RL; Charter-97 National-International On November 24th, around 200 people marched in Slutsk on the occasion of the Slutsk rebellion anniversary. Opposition parties such as the Belarusian Popular Front, Razam, Dzeya took the lead of the march, while 17 members of the opposition MF: Young Front took the public oath. 0 1561483030 BLR
5535435 112 BLR108 108 2018-11-18 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-A: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-Assembly 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Radio Ratsia; Charter-97; BelaPAN National On November 18th, around 100 people protested against the construction of a car battery plant in Brest. Members of the Social-Democratic Party (Gramada) participated in the protest. 0 1561483030 BLR
5559408 112 BLR107 107 2018-11-13 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Labour Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Salihorsk Salihorsk 52.7876 27.5415 1 Belsat; Charter-97 National On November 13th, the construction workers and miners in Soligorsk protested against the decision of the district executive committee to reject the registration of their independent trade union. 0 1563305266 BLR
5535434 112 BLR106 106 2018-11-11 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 RFE/RL; BelaPAN National-International On November 11th, dozens of people protested in central Brest against the construction of a car battery plant. One person was arrested. 0 1561483030 BLR
5559407 112 BLR105 105 2018-11-07 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Grodno Hrodna Grodno 53.6884 23.8258 1 RFE/RL; Nasha Niva National-International On November 7th, activists Aleksandr Lavrentiev and Nikolay Solyanik were arrested by the police after a short protest in Grodno. Solyanik had a heart crisis and had to be taken to the hospital. 0 1563305266 BLR
5535433 112 BLR104 104 2018-11-04 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BPF: Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Leninski 53.8594 27.5878 1 Nasha Niva; RFE/RL; Belsat National-International On November 4th, the Christian-Conservative Party of Belarus conducted a commemoration rally at the Loshytskiy Hill in Minsk. The event commemorated the victims of the NKVD repressions in the 1930s. 0 1561483030 BLR
6747091 112 BLR103 103 2018-11-04 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 naviny.by National On November 4th, around 150 people protested in Brest against the construction of a car battery plant. 0 1579632396 BLR
5079876 112 BLR102 102 2018-11-03 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Viasna 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Mogilev Mogilev Mogilev 53.9168 30.3449 1 RFE/RL International On November 3rd, around 30 activists gathered in Mogilev to commemmorate the victims of the Bolshevik terror. Viasna center organized the event. 0 1553853269 BLR
5535432 112 BLR101 101 2018-11-03 2018 2 Riots Violent demonstration Rioters (Belarus) Prisoners (Belarus) 5 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 15 Europe Belarus Brest Ivatsevichy Ivatsevichy 52.7090 25.3401 2 Nasha Niva; RFE/RL; Charter-97; BelaPAN National-International On November 3rd, inmates of the Ivatsevchy Prison 22 launched a demonstration asking for better detention conditions and the dismissal of the chief of the prison. Several guards are reported to have been injured during the event, but the administration denies it. 0 1561483030 BLR
5535510 112 BLR99 99 2018-10-29 2018 3 Strategic developments Change to group/activity Military Forces of Russia (2000-) 8 0 80 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 3 Salidarnasts; TUT.BY National As reported on October 29th, Russia deployed Samarkand air defense systems to Belarus. 0 1561483030 BLR
5559442 112 BLR98 98 2018-10-29 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) MF: Young Front 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 BelaPAN; Nasha Niva National On October 29th, around 100 people held a rally near the Kurapaty forest in the memory of the Stalinist repressions. Leaders of the protest, such as Dzyanis Urbanovich from Malady Front, were later fined for participating in the unsanctioned rally. 0 1563305266 BLR
6226403 112 BLR100 100 2018-10-29 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 Viasna; Charter-97 Other-National On October 29th, a group of activists protested in front of the KGB headquarters in Minsk as a sign of commemorating the victims of the 1937 killings of intellectuals. 0 1572403604 BLR
5535509 112 BLR96 96 2018-10-28 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; BPF: Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 1 RFE/RL; BelaPAN; Reuters National-International On October 28th, around 100 people marched from Minsk Watch Plant to Karapaty in Minsk to commemorate the victims of the Stalinist terror. 0 1561483030 BLR
5079871 112 BLR97 97 2018-10-28 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 RFE/RL; Reuters International On October 28th, around 16 people lit candles next to the headquarters of the KGB in Minsk to commemorate the victims of the Stalinist terror. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079869 112 BLR95 95 2018-10-22 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 RFE/RL International On October 22nd, a commemoration event was held at Minsk's Yama memorial to mourn the victims of 1943 Jewish massacre. 0 1553853269 BLR
6026817 112 BLR94 94 2018-10-14 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 BelaPAN; ProtectDefenders.eu Local partner-Other On October 14th, around 120 people participated in an unauthorized protest in Lenin Square, central Brest. The protesters ask for the halt of the construction of a battery plant. 11 persons, including BSDP-PA leader Mikalay Statkevich and a local activist, were arrested. [size=around 120] 0 1571164374 BLR
5079867 112 BLR93 93 2018-10-07 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 BelaPAN National On October 7th, a protest in Lenin Square, central Brest against the construction of a battery plant was dispersed by the police. At least, five participants were arrested, two were fined on the following day. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079865 112 BLR91 91 2018-10-03 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Savetski 53.9538 27.5953 1 RFE/RL; BelaPAN National-International On October 3rd, several Belarusian activists held a protest near Kurapaty forest in suburban Minsk by blocking the entrance to a resataurant nearby. The police stopped the protest. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079866 112 BLR92 92 2018-10-03 2018 1 Strategic developments Arrests Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 Civilians (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy 7 17 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Savetski 53.9538 27.5953 1 RFE/RL; BelaPAN National-International On October 3rd, the leading figure of the Belarusian Christian Democratic Party, Pavel Sevyarinets, was arrested by the police for blocking the entrance to a restaurant central to many protests and controversy near Kurapaty forest in suburban Minsk. 0 1553853269 BLR
6226444 112 BLR90 90 2018-09-30 2018 1 Violence against civilians Attack Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 Civilians (Belarus) Journalists (Belarus) 7 17 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 3 Brest Spring; Viasna; Svaboda.org Other-National On September 30th 2018, in Brest, masked police officers broke into Siarhei Piatrukhin's apartment. As a result, the blogger, who did not resist arrest, received injuries. The critical blogger faces criminal charges for alleged insult against a police officer. 0 1572403604 BLR
5079863 112 BLR89 89 2018-09-30 2018 1 Strategic developments Arrests Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 Civilians (Belarus) Dzieja 7 17 Europe Belarus Minsk Barysaw Barauliany 54.4962 28.3444 1 Svaboda.org National In the morning of September 30th, policemen stormed into a party of the Legalize Belarus campaign, led by Dzeya. No exact number of arrests is known [judged to be 25+], but all the participants of the party were detained at the Barauliany police department until 6.30 in the morning. 0 1553853269 BLR
5535508 112 BLR88 88 2018-09-29 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 BelaPAN; Svaboda.org National On September 29th, around 90 people protested in Brest against the construction of a car battery plant near the city. Kanstantin Astapuk was arrested shortly after attending the protest. 0 1561483030 BLR
5079861 112 BLR87 87 2018-09-24 2018 1 Strategic developments Change to group/activity Government of Belarus (1994-) 1 0 10 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 1 Svaboda.org National On September 24th 2018, Belarus has announced decision to strengthen border with Ukraine to counter illicit arms traffic. The movement has been considered negatively by the Ukrainian authorities, claiming the movement is part of Belarus obeying orders of Russia. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079860 112 BLR86 86 2018-09-16 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Svaboda.org National On September 16th, around 60 people protested in central Brest against the construction of a car battery plant near the city. 0 1553853269 BLR
6026816 112 BLR85 85 2018-09-15 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Svietlahorsk Svietlahorsk 52.6329 29.7389 1 BelaPAN; ProtectDefenders.eu Local partner-Other On September 15th 2018, in Svetlahorsk, at least 150 people gathered in front of the Svetlahorsk District Executive Committee's building. Some wore surgical masks and held green balloons to protest toxic emissions from the bleached sulphite pulp plant. The crowd included mostly young couples with children and retirees. [size= at least 150] 0 1571164374 BLR
5079858 112 BLR84 84 2018-09-11 2018 1 Strategic developments Change to group/activity Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 Unidentified Armed Group (Belarus) 3 13 Europe Belarus Minsk Nyasvizh Haradzeya 53.3155 26.5140 1 BelaPAN National On September 11th 2018, in Minsk, a resident of Haradzeya in the Minsk region has been arrested over a stockpile of weapons and ammunition. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079856 112 BLR82 82 2018-09-09 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Gomel Gomel 52.4345 30.9754 1 Charter-97 National On September 9th 2018, in Homel, around 40 people protested building of new houses in their area as it would dramatically diminish public space and increase density of population in the area. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079857 112 BLR83 83 2018-09-09 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Svaboda.org National On September 9th, around 60 people protested in the Kurapaty forest against the functioning of the Poyedem Poyedim restaurant near the given memorial forest. BCD leader Pavel Sevyarinets was arrested by the police. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079855 112 BLR81 81 2018-09-06 2018 1 Strategic developments Change to group/activity Military Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 0 10 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 1 Belorusskaya Voyennaya Gazeta National On September 6th 2018, in Brest, Hrodna, Minsk and Mahilyow regions, start of the large-scale military exercise in Belarus. The Belarusian Armed Forces would hone their skills in preparing to counter an adversary's attack on the country. During the second stage, they would be trained "to defend the state's sovereignty and territorial integrity". The scenario of the frill resembles context of the armed conflict in Ukraine. The weeklong exercise will feature up to 7,500 servicemen, 260 tanks and armored military vehicles and some 30 warplanes and helicopters. 0 1553853269 BLR
5559440 112 BLR80 80 2018-09-05 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 3 Svaboda.org; BelaPAN National On September 5th 2018, in Minsk, prominent Belarusian opposition leader Pavel Sevyarynets was arrested and placed in a detention facility. As Mr Sevyarynets told BelaPAN earlier in the day, he was apprehended by police at about 2 p.m., as soon as he arrived at Kurapaty, a Stalin-era mass execution site. 0 1563305266 BLR
5535507 112 BLR79 79 2018-09-01 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 1 Nasha Niva; BelaPAN; TUT.BY National On September 1st 2018, in Minsk, three opposition activists were arrested by police outside a restaurant near Kurapaty, a Stalin-era mass execution site, after protesters were assaulted by the restaurant's security. 0 1561483030 BLR
6226443 112 BLR78 78 2018-08-24 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) Labour Group (Belarus); MFF: Movement 'For Freedom' 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 1 BelaPAN; RFE/RL; Svaboda.org; Viasna; Nasha Niva Other-National On August 24th 2018, in Minsk, some 20 opposition activists were arrested outside the House of Justice in Minsk on 24 August for protesting the conviction of labour union leaders Henadz Fyadynich and Ihar Komlik. The latters, two Belarusian independent trade union leaders involved in organizing street protests in 2017 have been sentenced to four years of "restricted freedom" on the same day. 0 1572403604 BLR
5079851 112 BLR77 77 2018-07-28 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Smalyavichy Smalyavichy 54.0249 28.0894 1 Charter-97 National On July 28th 2018, in Smalyavichy, a spontaneous protest against closure of the only major shop in the area. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079849 112 BLR75 75 2018-07-25 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Journalists (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Grodno Hrodna Grodno 53.6884 23.8258 1 BelaPAN National On July 25th 2018, in Hrodna, during a protest 30 journalists have demanded an end to what they describe as the persecution of their two colleagues, Alyaksandr Dzyanisaw and Alyaksey Kayrys, who may face a criminal charge over their report broadcast on Belsat TV, according to the press office of the Belarusian Association of Journalists. 0 1553853269 BLR
5559439 112 BLR76 76 2018-07-25 2018 1 Protests Excessive force against protesters Unidentified Armed Group (Belarus) 3 Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 6 36 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Svaboda.org; Nasha Niva National On July 25th, a car hit the protesters outside the Poyedem Poyedim restaurant near the Kurapaty forest. The driver got into a fight with the protester Dmitry Kazakevich. BCD members were involved in the protest. The police stopped the fight. 0 1563305266 BLR
5079848 112 BLR74 74 2018-07-24 2018 1 Riots Violent demonstration Private Security Forces (Belarus) 8 Rioters (Belarus) 5 58 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 BelaPAN National On July 24th 2018, in Kurapaty a clash between security guards of the Poyedem Poyedim restaurant and demonstrators against the location of the restaurant in close vicinity to Kurapaty, a Stalin-era mass execution site just outside Minsk. The restaurant's security guards used violence against demonstrators and pulled them away when they tried to prevent vehicles from entering the restaurant compound to deliver food, Vyachaslaw Siwchyk, the former leader of an opposition group called Razam (Together) told BelaPAN. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079847 112 BLR73 73 2018-07-22 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 BelaPAN National On July 22nd 2018, in Brest, about 60 opponents of the ongoing construction of a lead acid battery plant near Brest gathered at noon in the city's downtown Lenin Square for a weekly silent protest. 0 1553853269 BLR
5535505 112 BLR72 72 2018-07-19 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Frunzenski 53.9006 27.4950 1 Svaboda.org; BelaPAN; TUT.BY National On July 19th 2018, in Minsk, Olga Nikhalaichik, Leanid Kulakow and Maya Naumova were arrested by police during staged protest in front of "Grand Kushavel" restaurant, owner of which is the same of "Poedem, Poedim" in Kurapaty. 0 1561483030 BLR
5079845 112 BLR71 71 2018-07-15 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 BelaPAN National On July 15, about 80 opponents of the construction of a lead acid battery plant near Brest gathered in Lenin Square in Brest city centre for a 'weekly silent protest'. No violence was reported. 0 1553853269 BLR
5559438 112 BLR70 70 2018-07-13 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) MF: Young Front 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Svaboda.org; Nasha Niva National On July 13th, a group of people protested outside the Poyedem Poyedim restaurant, attempting to stop the cars going in by telling the story of the memorial Kurapaty forest. MF: Young Front leader Zmitser Dashkevich was involved in the protest. 0 1563305266 BLR
5559437 112 BLR69 69 2018-07-06 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Brestskaya Gazeta; Nasha Niva Subnational-National On July 6th, a group of activists held a flash mob inside a court in Brest, protesting the decisions of a judge. 0 1563305266 BLR
6226442 112 BLR68 68 2018-07-04 2018 1 Strategic developments Arrests Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 Civilians (Belarus) BSDP: Belarusian Social Democratic Party 7 17 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Pershamayski 53.9348 27.6634 1 Nasha Niva; Viasna Other-National On July 4th, 30 people were arrested in Minsk following a protest on the occasion of Belarus' Independence Day. BSDP members were arrested too. Police detained the arrested protesters in the Pershamayski police department. 0 1572403604 BLR
5206442 112 BLR67 67 2018-07-04 2018 1 Violence against civilians Attack Unidentified Armed Group (Belarus) 3 Civilians (Belarus) LGBT (Belarus) 7 37 Europe Belarus Gomel Gomel Gomel 52.4345 30.9754 1 BelaPAN National On July 4th 2018, in Homel, 11 teenagers used the Internet to lure at least three gay men into meeting them. The young men reportedly threatened their victims with violence, beat them up, douse them with an antiseptic green dye and filmed the abuse. A group of 11 teenagers resident in Homel and the Homel region have been given suspended prison sentences ranging from one to two years for violence and bullying against gay men. 0 1559160534 BLR
6226441 112 BLR66 66 2018-07-03 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly; Orthodox Christian Group (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 1 Svaboda.org; RFE/RL; Charter-97; Viasna; Nasha Niva; AP; TUT.BY Other-National On July 3rd 2018, in Minsk, about 20 to 30 protesters have been arrested including prominent Belarusian opposition figure Mikalay Statkevich and other activists have been detained by police during an unsanctioned rally in Minsk. The detainees included a priest of the Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, civic activist Nina Bahinskaya, and Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Hramada) members Valyantsin Trokski and Syarhey Sparysh and five observers of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" and BHC: Hanna Sakhankova, Andrus Krechka, Tatsiana Mastykina, Yury Miatselski and Alena Bohdan. 0 1572403604 BLR
6314838 112 BLR65 65 2018-07-03 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) Anarchist Group (Belarus); Journalists (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Grodno Hrodna Grodno 53.6884 23.8258 1 Viasna Other On July 3rd 2018, in Hrodna, activists Mikalai Salianik and Aliaksandr Laurentsyieu were forcibly detained by plainclothes policemen, as they staged an artistic protest. The activists wearing prison uniform were grabbed, thrown into a van and taken away in an unknown direction. Freelance journalist Ruslan Kulevich, who covered the arrest, received a blow in the face from one of the men in civilian clothes. 0 1572403786 BLR
5079838 112 BLR64 64 2018-07-02 2018 1 Protests Excessive force against protesters Unidentified Armed Group (Belarus) 3 Protesters (Belarus) 6 36 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Nasha Niva National On June 7th, two men hit protesters outside the Poyedem Poyedim restaurant near the Kurapaty forest. 0 1553853269 BLR
5535503 112 BLR63 63 2018-07-01 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 RFE/RL; BelaPAN; TUT.BY National-International On July 1st 2018, in Minsk, Natallya Harachka, another Kurapaty defender, was arrested during the protest. The activist has staged daily protests in front of the "Poyedem Poyedim" (Drive and Eat) restaurant since May 31. They insist that there should be no recreation facilities so close to Kurapaty. 0 1561483030 BLR
6314839 112 BLR62 62 2018-06-30 2018 1 Violence against civilians Attack Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 Civilians (Belarus) Anarchist Group (Belarus) 7 17 Europe Belarus Minsk Krupki Krupki 54.3178 29.1374 1 Viasna Other On June 30th 2018, near Krupki, several youngsters were forced to kneel with their hands above their heads in the rain for more than five hours after police raided an anarchist event. Later, Mikalai Dziadok, an activist of an anarchist group, complained about the abuse to the district department of the Investigative Committee. 0 1572403786 BLR
5079835 112 BLR61 61 2018-06-29 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) MF: Young Front 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Nasha Niva National On June 29th, a protest performance was held outside the Poyedem Poyedim restaurant. During the preparations of the performance, MF: Young Front leader Zmitser Dashkevich, as well as Yegor Lavrukhin, Valeria Mintsa were arrested by the police. 0 1553853269 BLR
6226440 112 BLR60 60 2018-06-28 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) Journalists (Belarus); LGBT (Belarus); Students (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 1 Viasna; Svaboda.org; BelaPAN Other-National On June 28th 2018, in Minsk, Police detained three gay rights activists (students of the theater laboratory Fortinbras, Volha Ramashka, Nadzeya Krapivina and Dzmitry Yafremau) and a photojournalist during a protest outside the Interior Ministry's headquarters. The photojournalist was identified as BelaPAN's Andrey Shawlyuha. He was reportedly charged with disobedience to police orders and spent the night at a police station. 0 1572403604 BLR
5079833 112 BLR59 59 2018-06-27 2018 1 Protests Excessive force against protesters Unidentified Armed Group (Belarus) 3 Protesters (Belarus) 6 36 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 BelaPAN National On June 27th 2018, in Kurapaty, opposition activist Leanid Kulakow suffered a broken arm as he was struck by a vehicle during a protest outside a controversial restaurant near Kurapaty, a Stalin-era mass execution site. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079832 112 BLR58 58 2018-06-16 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 BelaPAN National On June 16th 2018, in Kurapaty, four campaigners against the opening of a restaurant in close vicinity to Kurapaty, a Stalin-era mass execution site just outside Minsk, were charged with violating traffic rules for blocking access to the restaurant for a car. Dzyanis Urbanovich, Maya Navumava, Leanid Kulakow and Maksim Vinyarski were charged after they laid on the road in front of restaurant administrator Svyatlana Dubkova's car. 0 1553853269 BLR
5535501 112 BLR57 57 2018-06-13 2018 1 Protests Excessive force against protesters Unidentified Armed Group (Belarus) 3 Protesters (Belarus) 6 36 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Nasha Niva; European Radio for Belarus; BelaPAN National On June 13th 2018, in Kurapaty, a Mazda car with Russian number plates deliberately ran over two activists picketing a restaurant controversially built right next to the Kurapaty mass burial site outside Minsk, where Stalin's secret police executed thousands of people in the 1930s. According to Nasha Niva, a presenter of the state-run Belarus 3 TV channel and her businessman husband were in the car. 0 1561483030 BLR
5079830 112 BLR56 56 2018-06-12 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Svaboda.org National On June 12th, a group of protesters picketed the Poyedem Poyedim restaurant in the Kurapaty forest. The policemen arrested Aleksey Turovich. BCD members were present at the protest. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079828 112 BLR54 54 2018-06-10 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Nasha Niva National On June 10th, around 50 people protested in central Brest against the construction of a car battery plant near the city. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079829 112 BLR55 55 2018-06-10 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) MF: Young Front 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Charter-97 National On June 10th 2018, in Kurapaty, opposition activists demonstrated in front of the restaurant, called Poyedem, Poyedim (Drive and Eat). They insist that there should be no recreation facilities that much close to Kurapaty, a woody place just outside the Minsk Beltway where thousands of people are believed to have been executed by the NKVD secret police in the 1930s and 1940s. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079827 112 BLR53 53 2018-06-09 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Svaboda.org National On June 9th, an unsanctioned protest was held outside the Poyedem Poyedim restaurant near the Kurapaty forest. The protesters were stopping the cars from entering the restaurant. 0 1553853269 BLR
5559436 112 BLR52 52 2018-06-07 2018 1 Protests Excessive force against protesters Protesters (Belarus) 6 Private Security Forces (Belarus) 8 68 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 3 Svaboda.org; BelaPAN National On June 7th 2018, in Kurapaty, the protest has been disrupted by local security guards, who assaulted protesters. Two prominent opposition activists Paval Sevyarynets, a co-chairperson of Belarusian Christian Democracy, and Volha Nikalaychyk were arrested after holding the unsanctioned protest outside a controversial restaurant near Kurapaty, a Stalin-era mass execution site. 0 1563305266 BLR
5559435 112 BLR51 51 2018-06-06 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) Journalists (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Svaboda.org; BelaPAN National On June 6th 2018, in Kurapaty, Katsyaryna Andreyeva, a journalist who was arrested while covering a protest outside a controversial restaurant near Minsk on Wednesday, was charged with working for a foreign media outlet without accreditation from the foreign ministry. The Belsat TV reporter was live-streaming opposition activists' protest when she was apprehended and taken to a police station in Barawlyany, a city some five kilometers north of Minsk. Police has also confiscated tent of the protesters. 0 1563305266 BLR
5079824 112 BLR50 50 2018-06-05 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) MF: Young Front 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 BelaPAN National On June 5th 2018, in Kurapaty, about a dozen opposition activists demonstrated in front of the restaurant, called Poyedem, Poyedim (Drive and Eat), to protest its coming opening. They insist that there should be no recreation facilities that much close to Kurapaty, a woody place just outside the Minsk Beltway where thousands of people are believed to have been executed by the NKVD secret police in the 1930s and 1940s. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079823 112 BLR49 49 2018-06-04 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) MF: Young Front 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Svaboda.org National On June 4th 2018, in Kurapaty, opposition activists demonstrated outside a restaurant that is expected to open soon just 50 meters away from Kurapaty, a Stalin-era mass execution site on the northeastern edge of Minsk. Activists believe that the food service establishment is located too close to the woody place, where thousands of people are believed to have been executed and buried by the NKVD secret police in the 1930s and 1940s. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079822 112 BLR48 48 2018-06-02 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) MF: Young Front 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Svaboda.org National On June 2nd 2018, in Kurapaty, opposition activists headed by Dzmitry Dashkevich demonstrated outside a restaurant that is expected to open soon just 50 meters away from Kurapaty, a Stalin-era mass execution site on the northeastern edge of Minsk. Activists believe that the food service establishment is located too close to the woody place, where thousands of people are believed to have been executed and buried by the NKVD secret police in the 1930s and 1940s. 0 1553853269 BLR
5559434 112 BLR47 47 2018-06-01 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) MF: Young Front 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Kurapaty 53.9679 27.6082 1 Svaboda.org; BelaPAN National On June 1st 2018, in Kurapaty, some 15 opposition activists demonstrated today outside a restaurant that is expected to open soon just 50 meters away from Kurapaty, a Stalin-era mass execution site on the northeastern edge of Minsk. Activists believe that the food service establishment is located too close to the woody place, where thousands of people are believed to have been executed and buried by the NKVD secret police in the 1930s and 1940s. 0 1563305266 BLR
5079820 112 BLR46 46 2018-05-31 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Savetski 53.9538 27.5953 1 RFE/RL International On May 31st, several people protested outside the Kurapaty forest against the opening of a restaurant. The organizer Olga Mikalaichik was arrested by the police of the Savetski police department. 0 1553853269 BLR
5535500 112 BLR45 45 2018-05-27 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Radio Ratsia; Charter-97; naviny.by National On May 27th, around 50 people protested in central Brest against the construction of a car battery plant near the city. 0 1561483030 BLR
5079818 112 BLR44 44 2018-05-26 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Minsk Zaslawye 53.9998 27.2768 1 BelaPAN National On May 26th 2018, in Zaslawye, some 20 people attended the rally protesting the ongoing construction of a nuclear power plant in Belarus. The event was filmed by plainclothesmen. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079817 112 BLR43 43 2018-05-21 2018 1 Violence against civilians Abduction/forced disappearance Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 Civilians (Belarus) Journalists (Belarus) 7 17 Europe Belarus Mogilev Mogilev Mogilev 53.9168 30.3449 1 Svaboda.org National On May 21st 2018, in Mogilev, a journalist Alina Skarbunova has been abducted by plainclothes people who later were confirmed as police. The abduction and further detention was caused by alleged cooperation of the freelance journalist with BelSAT independent media service. 0 1553853269 BLR
5535499 112 BLR42 42 2018-05-19 2018 1 Violence against civilians Attack Unidentified Armed Group (Belarus) 3 Civilians (Belarus) 7 37 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 1 Belarus 24; Svaboda.org; TUT.BY National On May 19th 2018, in Minsk, well-known independent economist Syarhey Chaly was beaten up by unidentified individuals. Five unknown men attacked Chaly and his companions outside a Minsk cafe, breaking his nose and inflicting serious head injuries. Five people suspected of beating Belarusian economist Syarhey Chaly have been detained. 0 1561483030 BLR
6226439 112 BLR41 41 2018-05-06 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Svaboda.org; Viasna; TUT.BY Other-National On May 6th 2018, in Brest, police arrested three activists, Siarhei Piatrukhin, Aliaksandr Kabanau and Dzmitry Andrasiuk, during a 2000 person protest and collecting of signatures against the construction of a battery factory. 0 1572403604 BLR
5535497 112 BLR40 40 2018-05-05 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Anarchist Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 2 Nasha Niva; RFE/RL; Charter-97; TUT.BY National-International On May 5th, a group of anarchists blocked the M1 highway outside Brest to protest the construction of a car battery plant near the city. 0 1561483030 BLR
5535496 112 BLR39 39 2018-05-01 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) BCDTU: Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions; BSDP-A: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-Assembly 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 2 Svaboda.org; Charter-97; BelaPAN; TUT.BY National On May 1st 2018, in Minsk, some 150 people gathered in a remote park on Tuesday for a May Day rally organized by the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BCDTU). Shortly afterward, as 4 BSDP-A: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-Assembly activists were leaving the venue, they were arrested and taken to a police station. On May 2, 3 our of 4 activists fined for unsanctioned rally. 0 1561483030 BLR
5079812 112 BLR38 38 2018-04-29 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 RFE/RL International On April 29th, at least 1500 people protested in the Afghan War veterans park of Brest, demanding the construction of a car battery plant to be stopped. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079810 112 BLR36 36 2018-04-26 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) European Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Pershamayski 53.9348 27.6634 1 RFE/RL International On April 26th, a group of protesters belonging to the European Belarus movement protested in Minsk's Pershamayski district, demanding the release of political prisoners. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079811 112 BLR37 37 2018-04-26 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BPF: Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 RFE/RL International On April 26th, the Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front organized a protest in the Kyiv square in Minsk, raising concerns about the potential danger of the new nuclear powerplant in Belarus. 0 1553853269 BLR
6226438 112 BLR35 35 2018-04-26 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 1 Viasna; TUT.BY Other-National On April 26th 2018, in Minsk, the annual march called Carnobylski Sliach ('Chernobyl Way'), sanctioned by the Minsk City Executive Committee. Up to 250 people took part, including environmental activists. No incidents were reported during the march; two days later, two activists were arrested. [size=up to 250] 0 1572403604 BLR
6341241 112 BLR34 34 2018-04-24 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) Labour Group (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 Salidarnasts; Local Source Subnational-National On 24 April, pensioners protested in front of the Government building in the centre of Minsk city against "officials' noncommittal replies". No violence was reported. 0 1574110418 BLR
5079807 112 BLR33 33 2018-04-15 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 RFE/RL International On April 15th, several people protested in central Brest against the construction of car battery plant. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079806 112 BLR32 32 2018-04-02 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 RFE/RL International On April 2nd, members of the Legalize Belarus campaign held a protest in Minsk's Independence Square in favor of decriminalizing marijuana use in Belarus. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079805 112 BLR31 31 2018-04-01 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 RFE/RL; TUT.BY National-International On April 1st, around 100 people protested in central Brest against the construction of a car battery plant. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079804 112 BLR30 30 2018-03-30 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsk 55.1904 30.2049 1 Charter-97 National On March 30th, several locals of Vitebsk protested against the construction of an apartment block. The protesters got to meet the local authorities after the protest. 0 1553853269 BLR
6385975 112 BLR28 28 2018-03-25 2018 1 Strategic developments Arrests Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 Civilians (Belarus) Journalists (Belarus); BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly; Viasna 7 17 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 1 AFP; Belsat; ProtectDefenders.eu Local partner-Other On March 25th, around 62 people, including journalists, the leader of the BSDP-PA Mykalay Statkevich, six human rights defenders and members of The Human Rights Centre 'Viasna' and the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, were arrested by authorities in Minsk ahead of the Belarus centenary independence commemoration in the city. No violence was reported. [size=around 62] 0 1574792576 BLR
6026814 112 BLR29 29 2018-03-25 2018 1 Protests Protest with intervention Protesters (Belarus) Viasna; BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly; BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy 6 Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 16 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 Charter-97; Liveuamap; AP Local partner-New media On March 25, protesters attempted to demonstrate against the government at Jakub Kolas Square in Minsk during the Belarus centenary independence commemoration meeting organized by the Belarusian Christian Democracy. A group of protesters intending to hold an anti-governmental protest was stopped from the entering the square. Approximately 62 people were arrested by police, including 5 observers of the human rights group Viasna. No casualties were reported Other protests were reported around the country. 0 1571164374 BLR
5079801 112 BLR27 27 2018-03-25 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97 National On March 25th, around 100 people held a protest in central Brest against the construction of a car battery plant. Three protesters got warnings from the police. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079800 112 BLR26 26 2018-03-24 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BPF: Conservative Christian Party of the Belarusian People's Front 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Savetski 53.9538 27.5953 1 Nasha Niva National On March 24th, supporters and members of the Belarusian Conservative Christian Party held a memorial protest in central Minsk to celebrate 100-year since the founding of the Belarusian National Republic. 0 1553853269 BLR
6270345 112 BLR24 24 2018-03-23 2018 1 Violence against civilians Attack Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 Civilians (Belarus) MFF: Movement 'For Freedom' 7 17 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 1 HRW Other On March 23, police arrested and beat opposition activist Ales Lahvinets of the Movement For Freedom near his home in the city of Minsk, causing him to be hospitalized. 0 1572403722 BLR
5079799 112 BLR25 25 2018-03-23 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Savetski 53.9538 27.5953 1 Charter-97 National On March 23rd, Minsk locals held a protest in front of the Savetski local council asking for investigation of the Tambaz flat scheme. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079796 112 BLR22 22 2018-03-18 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Vitebsk Syanno Bahuseusk 54.8404 30.2121 1 RFE/RL International On March 18th, locals of Bahuseusk protested against the lack of medical facilities in their town. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079797 112 BLR23 23 2018-03-18 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Charter-97 National On March 18th 2018, in Brest, about 170 opponents of the ongoing construction of a lead acid battery plant near Brest gathered at noon in the city's downtown Lenin Square for a weekly silent protest. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079795 112 BLR21 21 2018-03-17 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Gomel Gomel 52.4345 30.9754 1 Charter-97 National On March 17th, around 100 people protested against the construction a building in the Gomselmash district of the Gomel city. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079794 112 BLR20 20 2018-03-13 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) European Belarus 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Pershamayski 53.9348 27.6634 1 Charter-97 National On March 13th, activists of the European Belarus movement held a protest in support of the banned Charter-97 news portal in central Minsk. 0 1553853269 BLR
5535491 112 BLR19 19 2018-03-11 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 Nasha Niva; RFE/RL; Charter-97 National-International On March 11th, around 100 locals of Brest protested in the city center against the construction of a car battery plant nearby. 0 1561483030 BLR
5079792 112 BLR18 18 2018-03-08 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Mogilev Mogilev Mogilev 53.9168 30.3449 1 Nasha Niva National On March 10th, dozens of protesters held a march against abortion in Mogilev, with the support of the Mogilev Orthodox archbishop. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079791 112 BLR17 17 2018-03-04 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 RFE/RL; Svaboda.org National-International On March 4th, around 80 people protested in central Brest against the construction of a car battery plant by 'feeding pigeons'. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079790 112 BLR16 16 2018-02-25 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Brest 52.0975 23.6878 1 BelaPAN; TUT.BY National On February 25th, around 150 locals protested in Brest against the construction of a car battery plant. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079789 112 BLR15 15 2018-02-18 2018 1 Violence against civilians Attack Police Forces of Belarus (1994-) 1 Civilians (Belarus) Journalists (Belarus) 7 17 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk 53.9000 27.5667 1 RFE/RL; BelaPAN National-International On February 18th, Belarusian journalist Andrus Kozel was beaten by four policemen whilst filming in a polling station in Minsk. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079788 112 BLR14 14 2018-02-17 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 TUT.BY National On February 17th, a protest in favor of legalizing cannabis consumption in Belarus took place in central Minsk. 0 1553853269 BLR
5535443 112 BLR12 12 2018-02-13 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Pershamayski 53.9348 27.6634 1 RFE/RL; Charter-97 National-International On February 13th, around 20 people held a protest against the construction of an administrative building in Pershamayski district of Minsk. 0 1561483030 BLR
5079787 112 BLR13 13 2018-02-13 2018 2 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Mogilev Mogilev Mogilev 53.9168 30.3449 1 Charter-97 National As reported on February 13th, a group of pensioners organized an impromptu protest against the cancelling of a local bus route in Mogilev, Belarus. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079784 112 BLR10 10 2018-02-11 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Maskouski 53.8705 27.4894 1 RFE/RL International On February 11th, a group of 20 mothers called 'Mothers 328' and members of the Belarusian Christian Democracy protested in Minsk against the 328th article which imposes criminal liability on drug possession. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079785 112 BLR11 11 2018-02-11 2018 2 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BSDP-PA: Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Svietlahorsk Svietlahorsk 52.6329 29.7389 1 Charter-97 National As reported on February 11th, around 100 people protested in central Svietlahorsk against the work of the cellulose plant nearby. The leaders of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party-People's Assembly held speeches at the rally. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079783 112 BLR9 9 2018-02-08 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Svietlahorsk Jakimava Slabada 52.6182 29.8190 1 Charter-97 National On February 8th, locals of Svietlahorsk and Jakimava Slabada protested because of the smell coming from a cellulose plant. The protesters ask the plant to be inspected and shut down. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079782 112 BLR8 8 2018-02-01 2018 2 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Mogilev Mogilev Mogilev 53.9168 30.3449 1 Charter-97 National As reported on February 1st, locals of Mogilev protested against the construction of a shop. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079780 112 BLR6 6 2018-01-31 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Grodno Hrodna Grodno 53.6884 23.8258 1 Charter-97 National On January 31st, several members of the Belarusian Christian Democracy protested in Grodno against Belarus' decision to ban Charter-97 online news portal. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079781 112 BLR7 7 2018-01-31 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) BCD: Belarusian Christian Democracy; Journalists (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsk 55.1904 30.2049 1 Charter-97 National On January 31st, members of the Belarusian Christian Democracy and local journalists protested in Vitebsk against Belarus' decision to ban Charter-97 online news portal and the decision to fine a journalist. 0 1553853269 BLR
5079779 112 BLR5 5 2018-01-27 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Gomel Gomel 52.4345 30.9754 1 Charter-97 National On January 27th, several locals of Gomel city protested against the violent human rights abuses committed by the police. 0 1553853269 BLR
5559433 112 BLR4 4 2018-01-19 2018 2 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk Maladzyechna Turec-Bajary 54.3780 26.6600 1 Belsat; Charter-97 National As reported on January 19th, locals of Turec-Bajary of the Maladzyechna district protested organized a protest to voice concerns about poor common utilities services offered in the village. 0 1563305266 BLR
5535495 112 BLR3 3 2018-01-09 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Minsk City of Minsk Minsk-Tsentralny 53.9178 27.5633 1 RFE/RL; TUT.BY National-International On January 9th, a group of activists conducted a protest in a Minsk barbershop trying to convince the owners to change the name from 'Chekist'. 0 1561483030 BLR
5535492 112 BLR2 2 2018-01-05 2018 1 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Brest Brest Khaby 52.1306 23.9103 1 RFE/RL; Charter-97 National-International On January 5th, dozens of people protested at the construction site against the construction of a car battery plant in a suburb of Brest. The protesters got to meet the local authorities and the constructor's representatives. 0 1561483030 BLR
5079775 112 BLR1 1 2018-01-04 2018 2 Protests Peaceful protest Protesters (Belarus) 6 0 60 Europe Belarus Gomel Svietlahorsk Jakimava Slabada 52.6182 29.8190 1 Charter-97 National As reported on January 4th, locals of Jakimava Slabada near Svietlahorsk protested because of the smell coming from a cellulose plant. 0 1553853269 BLR
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