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Gods & Cannabis presentation gathered over 75 attendees
Legalize Belarus presenting the Gods & Cannabis End The Drug War Limited Edition T-shirt collection.
2969 signatures for decriminalisation sent to the Parliament
In the reply the Parliament stated, that the new law is still developed in cooperation with other government institutions, including KGB and Police.
It Absolutely Will Not Stop: A Report From A Belarus Rave
In the night of 30 September the Legalize Belarus PLUR rave was interrupted by SOBR (Belarusian SWAT) squad that broke into the bunker.
Ministry of Information unblocked IP address 139.162.166.31
After numerous appeals to the governmental institutions responsible for the blocking, the IP address was finally unblocked on 13th July 2018.
legalize.by website blocked in Belarus
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...
“Mothers 328” go on hunger strike
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". Legalize Belarus watched the protest and collected...
Street picket for decriminalisation and trials
On 2 April 2018, timed to coincide with the beginning of the spring Parliament session, at 16:20 14 Legalize Belarus activists went to the building of the Parliament holding letters of the word “decriminalisation”. The whole action lasted about 1 minute. No one were...
7 motivators on how to live without hurting others
Activists of education and advocacy civic campaign Legalize Belarus shared personal motivators they are driven by. Get inspired! Photo credits — Karalina Palakova. Stas Šašok: Don’t be afraid to speak! Most of the convicted didn’t do harm to anyone. Thousands of...
Belarusian Christian Democracy against Legalize Belarus
Belarusian Christian Democracy (BCD) is a political organisation in Belarus, that is often considered to be a part of "systemic opposition", a group of political actors taking part in what is formally called elections. By and large, such groups are not supported by...
End the Drug War Viciebsk
This is the eighth and the last planned Legalize Belarus landing. Lecture on the War on Drugs and hate speech towards drug users and people with addiction disorders took place in the Beatles Club in Viciebsk, the northern capital of Belarus. Local Human Rights...
Street picket in Minsk for decriminalisation
On 17 February 2018, the day before local election day, Legalize Belarus activists organised the first picket for decriminalisation of small amounts of controlled substances. The picket was held in the centre of Minsk, near Kastryčnickaja płošča. Activists brought a...
4 activists fined €600 for the Hemp Kaliada
Soon after the first trial on Piotr Markiełaŭ for organisation of Hemp Kaliada, when the case was sent back to police department, 4 Legalize Belarus activists received subpoenas. All four (Piotr Markiełaŭ, Stas Šašok, Michaś Varancoŭ and Julija Švabovič) were accused...