On 20 March, the Warwick Ukraine-Belarus Hub (WUB Hub) organised a screening of the film This Kind of Hope about the life of Belarusian politician and activist Andrei Sannikov. The event was one of only three screenings of this powerful new documentary film in the UK, and was followed by an in person conversation with Andrei Sannikov who shared his views on the resistance to Lukashenka and the path ahead for Belarusians.

The latest journal article by Paul Hansbury (IGSD WUB Hub research fellow) has been published in the Journal of Belarusian Studies. The article analyses the political and national awakening of Belarusians during the mass street protests of 2020, and looks at the effects of the Russo-Ukrainian war on that awakening. The article is in the new issue of the journal.

The issue also includes a review of the volume Belarus in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Elena Korosteleva (IGSD director), Irina Petrovna and Anastasiia Kudlenko (IGSD research fellow).

Europe is celebrating Belarus Freedom Day 2024 with the Belarusian Freedom Fighters, TODAY, 19^th of March 2024 at Yehudi Menuhin Area in the European Parliament in Brussels at 18h00.

There will be an exhibition about Ales Bialiatski, Novel Prize Laureate and Sakharov Prize Laureate, titled 'I am not afraid, let them be afraid'. Immediately afterwards, there will be a launch of the theatre play from Belarus Free Theatre titled 'Postchildhood', featuring young Belarusian artists and teenagers. We believe that now, as in the years before, we need to continue drawing attention and supporting the fight of Belarusians against tyranny of Lukashenka – the regime in Europe that kills its political opponents the same way Putin does. The Belarusians fight for their freedom through artistic initiatives, different social and political efforts, and by the example of freedom fighters, many of whom are being held in prisons by Lukashenka. The event is organised by the MEP office with MEP Dace Melbārde; MEP Andrzej Halicki; MEP Rasa Juknevičienė; MEP Włodzimierz Karpiński; MEP Sandra Kalniete; MEP Andrius Kubilius from the EPP Group