Belarus: Political Retaliation against Businesses

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image The headquarters of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 15, 2021. © 2021 Sean Gallup/Getty Images (Berlin, May 9, 2025) – Belarusian authorities have retaliated against companies and their workers that supported peaceful anti-government protests or spoke out about human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said today. They also targeted exiled Belarusian entrepreneurs who denounced repression or participated in the Association of Belarusian Business Abroad.In June 2025, the International Labour Organization (ILO) will hold…

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