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Exiled Religious Advocates Face Charges

Forum18
  • Belarus
  • Discrimination
  • 2026-09-10
Natallia Vasilevich is standing in front of a building.
Natallia Vasilevich
Photo: Ivars Kupcis / WCC

Criminal charges have been brought against at least two religious freedom advocates currently living outside the country of Belarus. Both individuals have been added to Russia's federal list of wanted persons, meaning they could risk deportation to Belarus if found residing within countries that maintain close ties with the Russian Federation (such as Kazakhstan, Tajikistan or Uzbekistan). When inquiries were made regarding the specific charges against the two believers, Belarusian authorities provided no details.

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Supreme Court Denies Churches Legal Status

Forum18
  • Belarus
  • Discrimination
  • 2025-05-07
People are gathered at the door of a building in a Greek Catholic parish.
A Greek Catholic Parish.
Photo: Katolik.life

Churches in Belarus continue to encounter increasing pressures under a new religion law that came into effect in July 2024. The legislation requires all churches to undergo re-registration, including those that had previously been approved by the government. As a result, three Greek Catholic parishes that were originally registered in the 1990s have had their applications rejected.

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Priests Pardoned by the Nation's Presidential Leader

Forum18
  • Belarus
  • Detainment / Arrest
  • released
  • 2025-11-27
  • Father Henryk Okolotovich
  • Father Andrei Marianovich Yukhnevich
Father Henryk Akalotovich and Father Andrzej Yuchniewicz are standing with Archbishop Ignazio Ceffalia and Archbishop Iosif Stanevsky.
Father Henryk (second from left) and Father Andrei
(second from right), along with two archbishops.
Photo: Catholic.by

Two Catholic priests who had been convicted and sentenced to more than 10 years in prison were pardoned and freed from a Belarusian labour camp on November 20th. State media claimed that the church leaders, who were granted clemency by President Alexander Lukashenko, had been "convicted of serious crimes against the state, as well as other crimes."

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Another Church Leader Arrested

Forum18
  • Belarus
  • Detainment / Arrest
  • 2026-04-16
  • Father Anatol Parakhnevich
The priest Anatol Parakhnevich is raising a communion cup.
Father Anatol Parakhnevich
Photo: Katolik.life
 

On March 16th, masked security officials arrested Anatol Parakhnevich, a 65-year-old Catholic priest, at his parish in Alkovichi, Minsk Region. During the arrest, officers searched his home as well as the church building. Following the raid, both premises were sealed, with the keys being returned one week later.

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KGB Declares Religious Freedom Group "Extremist"

Forum18, Christian Vision for Belarus
  • Belarus
  • Discrimination
  • 2025-05-15
  • Christian Vision for Belarus
  • Natallia Vasilevich
  • Natallia Harkovich
  • Dzmitry Korneyenko
A church is seen between two trees.
An Orthodox Church in Belarus.
Photo: Pexels

Amidst the ongoing oppression of Christians in Belarus, an organization was established in 2020, bringing together leaders from multiple churches in an effort to monitor and publicize persecution in the country. The organization was registered in neighbouring Lithuania as "Christian Vision for Belarus."

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  1. New Religious Restrictions Pass into Law
  2. Officials Issue Threats to Church Leaders
  3. Church Appeals Liquidation Orders
  4. Revised Religion Law Passes First Reading

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