{"id":140926,"date":"2025-06-02T13:55:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T10:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/140926\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"at-least-1936-ngos-shut-down-since-2020-election","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/140926\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 1,936 NGOs shut down since 2020 election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 2, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Belarus has dissolved at least 1,936 NGOs between the presidential election of 2020 and May 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 least 1,190 NGOs were ordered to shut down and 746 filed for dissolution on their own, rights defenders noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dissolution of NGOs in Belarus is turning into a targeted process, Lawtrend stressed, citing a large number of nonprofits that were forced to close down amid politically-motivated reprisals ongoing for almost five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Reprisals: another ex-prisoner dies, new attacks on local media<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">Former political prisoner Valer Bohdan dies of thrombosis nine months after release New attack on local media journalists Zhizn-malina among new extremist designations May 29,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;On May 27 and 28, the Belarusian media learned of the death of another former political &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/140365\">\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>June 2, Pozirk. Belarus has dissolved at least 1,936 NGOs between the presidential election of 2020 and May 2025, the Lawtrend human rights group reported. They included associations, trade unions, foundations and other nonprofits. At least 1,190 NGOs were ordered to shut down and 746 filed for dissolution on their own, rights defenders noted. Dissolution [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":71693,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-140926","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>At least 1,936 NGOs shut down since 2020 election | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 2, Pozirk. 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