Belarus’s Clampdown on Civil Society

In the shadow of the war, the purge of civil society goes on

13 June 2023

Anais Marin

Associate fellow with Chatham House (

Almost three years have passed since Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s last contested re-election. Political opponents and peaceful protesters continue to be repressed to this day. Under the guise of fighting “extremism”, authorities have virtually purged civil society of all dissenting elements – a survival strategy that further isolates the regime from the West.

Against the backdrop of Russia’s full-fledged war against Ukraine, the continuous erosion of Belarus’s human rights situation has fallen below the radar of media attention.

Yet, the crackdown on widespread protests, which made the headlines following Lukashenka’s sixth election victory on 9 August 2020, is still in evidence.

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Anais Marin

Associate fellow with Chatham House (

Anaïs Marin (PhD, Sciences Po Paris) is an independent Belarus expert based in Warsaw. An associate fellow with the Russia and Eurasia program at Chatham House since 2018; she also holds the pro bono mandate of UN Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus.

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