More than 20 people of different ages and occupation attended Legalize Belarus lecture on harm reduction in Homiel on 17 February 2019.
A high-profile criminal trial, involving a group of young people and a young woman’s tragic death following MDMA use, has gripped Belarus.
Fighting the fear of cannabis to end the savage drug war in Belarus. Legalize Belarus civic campaign activists presented Gods & Cannabis T-shirts collection.
On 29 June 2018 the lower chapter of Parliament passed the law project, but now it is put aside sine die.
Legalize Belarus presenting the Gods & Cannabis End The Drug War Limited Edition T-shirt collection.
In the reply the Parliament stated, that the new law is still developed in cooperation with other government institutions, including KGB and Police.
In the night of 30 September the Legalize Belarus PLUR rave was interrupted by SOBR (Belarusian SWAT) squad that broke into the bunker.
After numerous appeals to the governmental institutions responsible for the blocking, the IP address was finally unblocked on 13th July 2018.
Legalize Belarus website (https://legalize.by) was blocked on May 17th in Belarus by decision of the Minister of Information (Kyky.org, Naša Niva, Radio Liberty, Belaruspartisan, Euroradio). In the official notification "propaganda of marijuana use" was mentioned as a reason. The decision was made after the Ministry of Information received a letter from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Euroradio, Radio Liberty), which is the most influential organisation in the country, and the only one standing for keeping the law unchanged.
On 24 April a group of mothers of people convicted under Article 328 started a hunger strike. They demanded a meeting with the president Łukašenka as they believed he "does not have the information on the situation".