Polish minority in Belarus

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Poland closes its border to Belarusian goods

The Editorial Board May 30, 2023

Poland / Belarus – Making good on its threats after the Minsk Supreme Court upheld the eight-year prison sentence handed down to Andrzej Poczobut, an active member of the Polish minority in Belarus, Poland has announced that it will suspend all road…

Society

Polish minority targeted by repressions in Belarus along with democratic opposition

Olivier Bault March 8, 2023

Belarus/Poland - Poland may close its last remaining border crossings with Belarus as a retaliatory measure, according to comments made by a state secretary in the Interior Ministry, Maciej Wąsik, on Polish television channel Polsat News. “For us, [Belarus] is a small…

Society

Why the Lukashenko regime is targeting the Polish minority

Olivier Bault April 1, 2021

The arrests of members of the Polish minority that took place on March 25 are not unprecedented in Belarus. On the other hand, the charges brought – “incitement to hatred” and “rehabilitation of Nazism”, which can carry 12 years’ imprisonment – reflect…