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Digest of Movement of Conscientious Objectors Russia

February 2024

Movement of Conscientious Objectors Russia, 29.03.2024

Dear and beloved, hello everyone. This is Artyom Klyga from the Movement of Conscientious Objectors. In February, we closely followed legislative initiatives and the judicial practice of Russian courts. Today in our digest, we will talk about the new maximum age for mobilised soldiers; about the possibility for a partner to marry a deceased serviceman or servicewomen; about changes in the sphere of alternative civilian service and about new restrictions for Russian “foreign agents”. Enjoy your reading!

No extradition to the Lukashenko regime: Asylum for Oleg Borschevsky

antimilitaristische aktion berlin, 28.03.2024

Today, members of the Antimilitarist Action Berlin used the “Welcome Buddy Bear” for an unannounced action at Berlin Central Station in solidarity with the Belarusian war opponent Oleg Borschevsky. The bear is colored red and white. These are the colors of both Berlin and the opposition movement from Belarus. The group added a cardboard speech bubble to the buddy bear. The speech bubble reads: “Asylum for Oleg Borschevsky!” and “No deportation to Lukashenko’s Belarus!” The group also sent a letter of protest to the Lithuanian embassy, which is welcome to be adopted and can be found further down in the text.

“No Means No” is a quite unique campaign

Speech by Olga Karach, Nash Dom, March 22, 2024

Sometimes you meet someone, and even if you don’t realize it, the meeting is fateful and can change your life forever. In 2001 I met Bjorn Kunter from the peace organisation BSV. At that time I was very depressed because I felt that something was wrong in Belarusian civil society. I talked a lot with Bjorn Kunter and we started to realize many ideas of non-violent resistance in Belarus. He put me in touch with other wonderful people from the BSV – Christine, Ute, Sine and others – and together we carried out many advocacy campaigns in Belarus. According to the results we achieved, there were situations where people came with guns to arrest us, but they backed off and we were not arrested. After that, I believed much more in the power of people from below than in weapons.