white-red-white flag

Elderly activist Alena Hnauk faces pressure behind bars
18.01.2022
Minsker sentenced to two years of restriction of liberty for dancing with white-red-white flag near Eternal Flame
On October 25, Partyzanski district court of Minsk passed a guilty verdict in the case of a 28-year-old local resident. A video of her dancing with a white-red- white flag in front of the Eternal Flame commemorating the Soviet victims of the Second World War went viral on the Belarusian segment of the Internet.
26.10.2021
Dzyatlava: Man detained in forest gets 30-day jail term for ‘unauthorised picketing’
On Tuesday, Navahradak resident Viktar Matskevich stood trial in the court of the town of Dzyatlava (Hrodna region).
23.06.2021
Siloviki push for recognising white-red-white flag, slogan ‘Long live Belarus’ as symbols of Nazi collaborators
The Belarusian Interior Ministry has sent a draft document ‘On making lists of organisations and other bodies, Nazi symbols and paraphernalia’ to the State Security Committee (KGB) for reviewing, pro-Lukashenka Union of Journalists reports.
21.06.2021
Zhdanovichy resident heavily fined for two stickers in elevator
Yuliya Hrynevich, 54, was fined 1,160 rubles for stickers in the elevator
09.05.2021
Colours of the Nation
The white-red-white flag like never before has become a national symbol in the defence of which people are ready to sacrifice themselves. September 2020 to February 2021 is a crucial time for Belarusians, when for the historic white-red-white national symbols one can now be punished not only with an unreasonably high fine but also with death.
29.04.2021
Case dropped: Hrodna court not to punish owner of toy dwarf with white-red-white flag
The hearing of the case of ‘one-man picketing’ with the participation of a toy dwarf was resumed in a Hrodna court on Friday morning.
09.04.2021
Court imposes 7-day jail term on Slonim resident, seizes car for ‘opposition colours’
A man driving a red car with two white stickers on it was detained on the M11 highway. in the town of Slonim.
08.04.2021
MPs to review bill banning WRW flag
It can be declared extremist
14.02.2021
Authorities may declare white-red-white flag extremist on back of "unindifferent citizens’ appeal"
The Belarusian Prosecutor General’s Office is preparing necessary documents with a view to recognising the white-red-white flag as ‘extremist’.
30.01.2021
Mahiliou resident fined for WRW flag on balcony
He agreed that there was a flag and two stickers on his balcony. But he denied his guilt of the alleged picketing.
28.01.2021
Mother of five gets hefty fine, spends three days in jail over showing white-red-white flag
25.01.2021
Where Is My Flag?
In the documentary “Where Is My Flag?” a story is told about the struggle of the famous Belarusian opposition activist Nina Baginskaya against the government. Why does Mrs. Nina attend rallies? Why is she angry at the police and will the petite woman be able to resist the dozen officers who will block her way to the Red Church?
14.01.2021