Belarus News News Belarus » Religion: Religious minorities facing attacks in Belarus, charity says
LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Religious freedom will “rapidly deteriorate” in Belarus as a law passed a year ago gives the government broad discretion to use formal legal grounds to persecute “disloyal ...
News Belarus » Religion: Belarus seeks to prosecute two Christian religious freedom defenders
Authorities in Belarus have refused to answer questions by rights group Forum 18 about two Christian religious freedom advocates sought for extradition to face unspecified criminal charges.
News Belarus » Religion: Belarus: Polish Priests ‘Increasingly Not Allowed To Continue Their Work’ – Analysis
Since the beginning of 2026, the regime’s senior religious affairs official, Plenipotentiary Aleksandr Rumak, has refused bishops’ requests for at least a dozen Polish Catholic priests to be allowed ...
News Belarus » Religion: Belarus: Police Take Relatives’ DNA After KGB Declares Religious Freedom Group ‘Extremist’ – Analysis
On 1 April, the KGB secret police ruled that Christian Vision, its website and social media channels are “extremist” and are banned. The KGB identified three of its leading members by name. The group ...
News Belarus » Religion: Catholic priests face pressures under Belarus' new religious law
Clergy in Belarus are deleting their social media profiles to avoid arrest, according to church sources, as local parishes face pressure under a new religious law. "With church communities required to ...