Lithuanian border guards detain migrants at the roadside in Kalviai, close to the border with Belarus, July 2021.Photo: Janis Laizans/Reuters/Alamy

Pushed back and pushed on

The treatment meted out to asylum-seekers in Lithuania has hardened since Belarus opened up a migration channel into the country. Severia Bel speaks to people trapped in the political crossfire.

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NI 540 - Land rights - November, 2022

Country Profile: Belarus

The photos, facts, and politics of Belarus.

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NI 537 - How we stop big oil - May, 2022
Light in the darkness. A Polish resident in Michałowo, a town a few kilometres from the Belarus border, puts a green light in her window as a sign of welcome to migrants.Photo: Michele Amoruso

Playing with lives

Hanna Grześkiewicz reports on the humanitarian crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border.

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NI 535 - Romani lives matter - January, 2022
Photo: Sopa Images/Alamy

Hall of Infamy: Alexander Lukashenko

Election faker Lukashenko keeps clinging on to power.

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NI 532 - Courage and terror in Myanmar - July, 2021
Women have played a leading role in protests against dictator Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus.Photo: Svetlana Lazarenka/Alamy

Dreaming together

Report from Belarus by Natalia Kaliada.

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NI 528 - A caring economy - November, 2020
Wolves and boars galore

Wolves and boars galore

Wild animals are benefiting from the absence of humans in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, writes Hazel Healy.

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NI 488 - 10 economic myths - December, 2015

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Land rights November, 2022
How we stop big oil May, 2022
Romani lives matter January, 2022
Courage and terror in Myanmar July, 2021
A caring economy November, 2020
10 economic myths December, 2015
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