The sixth meeting of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) that is to take place on November 20-21 in Batumi will certainly be more lively and dynamic that the two previous ones.

Linguistic peculiarities don’t make Smolensk and Bryansk Belarusan territories; neophytes are as dangerous as the concept of the “Russian World” is.

The leader of the public organization Alexander Radkov stated that it is his organization that is involved in consolidation of Belarusan civil society; but representatives of civil society disagree.

Separate appeals and statements won’t be able to influence the situation; but common efforts can.

Deportation of Elena Tonkacheva is a message to the society: thaw in Belarus-EU relations, some signs of liberalization, though only for Europe and only for rampant supporters of the regime.

According to the human rights defendant, the consideration of the case about her deportation from Belarus made her forget her juridical education and impartiality.

However, if the state sought to stop the work of Legal Transformation Center (Lawtrend), it won’t happen, Olga Smolyanko is convinced. And Elena Tonkacheva will continue her work.

Elena Tonkacheva’s defence will be the touchstone of potential the civil society has.

People in Belarus and abroad protest against the actions of the official Minsk employed in relation to the famous human rights defender Elena Tonkacheva, who might be deported from Belarus.

Ukrainian society no longer wants to play the role of a statistician — responsibility for the country is divided between those who consider themselves citizens.