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If the Bomb Never Explodes, That Does Not Mean It Leaves No Trace
Why the environmental cost of nuclear deterrence belongs in the security debate There is a rather strange system of accounting in nuclear policy. We carefully count warheads and missiles, range and flight time, and the capacity to launch a retaliatory strike, yet we are far less likely to count the land, water and human lives…
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A Black Candle for Chernobyl — An Article in Ställ om! Magazine
Ställ om!, a Swedish digital magazine focused on peace and climate justice, published an article by Olga Karach written for the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. The text marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster and argues that nuclear power remains inseparable from political secrecy, military risks, and long-term environmental danger. It presents…
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Swedish Magazine Publishes Our House Statement on Chernobyl and Nuclear Risks
Swedish magazine highlights Our House action marking Chernobyl’s legacy and nuclear risks. The Swedish peace and climate magazine Ställ Om! has published information about the action and public statement of Our House dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The publication reminds readers that on 26 April 1986, the explosion at the…
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An Unexpected Supporter: Alexander Lukashenko Backs Our House’s Demands for a New START Treaty
As you may know, on 5 February 2026, the New START Treaty between Russia and the United States expired. Since then, around the 5th day of every month, Our House has been holding protest actions in Vilnius with one simple demand: resume negotiations on nuclear arms control, begin work on a new START agreement, halt…
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Lukashenko has joined Our House’s anti-nuclear campaign
Our hints have been heard — and even accepted — even by the person from whom we least expected it. «I support nuclear disarmament. And this should apply to everyone: Russia, the United States, China, Israel, India, Pakistan, and other countries. It should apply to everyone». Alexander, our darkness, Grigoryevich, has wandered over to the…
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Four Months Without New START: Our House Rallies Against Nuclear Threats in Vilnius
Belarusians in Vilnius marked four months without the New START treaty. On 7 June, Belarusians in Vilnius gathered at Kudirkos Square for an anti-nuclear action marking four months since the expiration of the New START Treaty, the last remaining agreement limiting the strategic nuclear arsenals of the United States and Russia. The treaty expired on…
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We Did It: Monk Grzegorz Gaweł Released From Belarusian Prison
Polish anti-nuclear monk freed after international solidarity campaign secured his release Today, 28 April, it became known that Grzegorz Gaweł – a Polish Carmelite monk who had been detained and accused of “nuclear espionage” – has been released. A man who, until recently, was almost unknown before our joint campaign is now free, safe, and…
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Our House took part in the “Chernobyl Way” rally organized by Belarusians in Vilnius
Our House marks Chernobyl anniversary in Vilnius, calling attention to nuclear risks and historical lessons Forty years ago, the world witnessed the largest man-made nuclear disaster — the explosion at Unit 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Although the plant is geographically located in today’s Ukraine, a combination of weather conditions meant that the…
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Exiled Belarusians warn Vilnius: nuclear risks intensify after New START lapse
Nuclear Risk at 444 km: Vilnius Protest Marks New START Expiry Vilnius, 5 April 2026 A joint anti-nuclear protest took place in central Vilnius, organised by Belarusian organisations in exile, including Our House, Dapamoga, Re:Bel and partner groups with support Het Actiefonds. The action was designed to draw attention to the growing nuclear risk in…
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“Le Chant du loup” – France announces it will no longer act in the spirit of the New START treaty and will cease informing others about the number of combat-ready nuclear devices in its possession
Furthermore, France proposes that this now delightfully indeterminate number of warheads might be distributed across Europe, thereby creating what is described as a nuclear umbrella. Le Chant du loup is a film about a French submarine that loses contact with the mainland—and, it would seem, with reality as well. Its crew must decide whether to…
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The treaty between Russia and the United States known by the elegant title “New START” has not been extended. What should the world expect now, and what does this mean for the Belarus–Lithuania region?
What do Nobel laureates think about this? We asked several organizations that have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize how serious the current danger is and what we should expect next. 4 February 2026 marked the final day of the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between Russia and the United States. On 5 February,…
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Our House Becomes an Official Member of the ICBL-CMC, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Our House joins Nobel Peace Prize–linked coalition advancing global humanitarian disarmament efforts. On 10 February 2026, Our House, a Belarusian human rights organisation in exile, has officially been accepted as a member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC) – a global civil society campaign working for a world free…
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“Our House” in Vilnius Marks Fourth Anniversary of the 2022 Belarusian Referendum with Anti-Nuclear Protest
Belarusian and Iranian diaspora rally in Vilnius against nuclear militarisation of Belarus On 27 February 2026, Belarusians living in Vilnius gathered at Kudirkos Square for a public action dedicated to peace, regional security, and opposition to the militarisation of Belarus. The event, held at 18:00, united two significant occasions: the International Days of Action Against…
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APOCALYPSE TOMORROW. DEATH ZONE ON THE “BALCONY” by M.Statkevich
Recently released Belarusian opposition leader Lieutenant Colonel Mikalai Statkevich warns of the danger of a nuclear war that could break out in the very near future. He analyzes recent developments, the psychology of Russian political and military leaders. His conclusion: the risk of nuclear war in the Baltic region is very high. European leaders insist…
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Public Action of Our House in Vilnius Against Russian Military Bases in Belarus
Women of Our House joined global action against Russian foreign military bases in Belarus. Women activists from Our House Centre for Human Rights and Relief joined the global initiative Global Days of Action to #CloseBases, an international campaign coordinated by the peace movement World BEYOND War, aimed at drawing public attention to the risks created…
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85 Seconds to Midnight: Why Europe Must Stop Normalising Doomsday Politics
As the Doomsday Clock ticks closer, Europe must reject nuclear weapons now. On 27 January at 15:00 GMT, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists unveiled the Doomsday Clock. The livestream was available at: https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/ In 2025, the Bulletin set the Clock to 89 seconds to Doomsday — at the time, the closest it had ever been.…
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“Our House” Welcomes the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and Calls on Belarus to Join It
Five years after the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force, Belarus still refuses to accede to it. On 22 January, five years mark the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). On 22 January 2021, this treaty became a legally binding international instrument and opened…
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Sign the Petitions to Protect the Viliya•Neris River and the Wild Baltic Salmon
The Viliya–Neris is one of the last largely intact river ecosystems in the Baltic region – a vital migration corridor for Wild Baltic Salmon and a lifeline for protected Natura 2000 habitats. Yet this living river is increasingly exposed to overlapping nuclear, ecological and infrastructural risks. The Astravets nuclear plant in Belarus – already associated…
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The Neris as a Front Line: Smuggling, Radiation, and Evacuation by River
Today, the very same river is viewed simultaneously as a migration corridor for wild salmon, as a possible evacuation route for a capital city, and as a channel for discharging future man-made risks from Belarus’s nuclear program. These scenarios are incompatible, and a choice must be made now. Together with the salmon, we tell the…
