{"id":129085,"date":"2025-03-07T20:20:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T17:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/129085\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"over-1900-ngos-have-vanished-since-the-2020-election","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/129085\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 1,900 NGOs shut down since 2020 election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 7, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus has dissolved at least 1,905 NGOs between the presidential election of 2020 and February 2025, the Lawtrend human rights group reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They included associations, trade unions, foundations and other nonprofits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of 2024, human rights activists documented 1,891 such NGOs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said Minsk&#8217;s crackdown on civil society deprived thousands of Belarusians of crucial assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sud_molotok_unsplash_1128x752-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sud_molotok_unsplash_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sud_molotok_unsplash_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sud_molotok_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sud_molotok_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Over 1,800 Belarusian NGOs dissolved since 2020 election, report finds<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 4, Pozirk. At least 1,838 nonprofits, including associations, trade unions and foundations, were dissolved between the 2020 presidential election and the end of October 2024, Lawtrend said in a report. At least 1,161 NGOs were ordered to shut down &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/112565\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 7, Pozirk. Belarus has dissolved at least 1,905 NGOs between the presidential election of 2020 and February 2025, the Lawtrend human rights group reported. They included associations, trade unions, foundations and other nonprofits. At the end of 2024, human rights activists documented 1,891 such NGOs. Last week, opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said Minsk&#8217;s crackdown [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":129039,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-129085","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Over 1,900 NGOs shut down since 2020 election | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 7, Pozirk. 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