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EU Commission, Parliament respond to ‘blood birch’ scandal – now the Council must act
16.05.2025 Wood sanctions must be expanded to tackle the oligarch-linked trade
Press release: Blood-stained birch
29.01.2025 Firms admit laundering Russian wood into the EU, in sanctions-busting trade worth over €1.5bn
EU finally bans torture-stained Belarusian furniture trade
15.07.2024 The decision will shut down a supply chain long marred by human rights abuses and torture
Press Release: EU politicians, NGOs demand probe into ethical wood label’s certification of Belarusian penal colonies
22.02.2024 Open letter demanding an independent investigation by the FSC into how it came to certify the tainted Belarusian wood and furniture trade
The Belarusian furniture industry is the backbone of Lukashenko’s regime. So why hasn’t the EU sanctioned it yet?
19.10.2023 Demanding Belarusian sanctions
Revealed: Timber linked to Russia’s Wagner private army on sale in Europe
16.05.2023 Scandal has implications for new law meant to address EU role in deforestation overseas
Russian mercenaries cash in on Europe’s scramble for African timber
16.05.2023 New evidence reveals an EU timber rush in one of the world’s most fragile nations fuels local instability and bolsters Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
"Hurt The Dictator": Q&A With Belarusian Dissident Andrei Sannikov
31.01.2023 Andrei Sannikov outlines the urgent need for strong sanctions on Belarusian timber
Rubber-stamping Repression: Key Findings
25.11.2022
