Belarus Red Cross
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{{Infobox organization |
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| native_name = Беларускі Чырвоны Крыж Белорусский Красный Крест |
| native_name = Беларускі Чырвоны Крыж |
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| native_name_lang = be, ru |
| native_name_lang = be, ru |
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| formation = 1967 |
| formation = 1967 |
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| leader_title2 = Chairman |
| leader_title2 = Chairman |
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| leader_name2 = [[Dmitry Cherednichenko]] |
| leader_name2 = [[Dmitry Cherednichenko]] |
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| parent_organization = [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]] |
| parent_organization = [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]] (suspended) |
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| status = in operate, IFRC membership suspended |
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| name = Belarusian Red Cross |
| name = Belarusian Red Cross |
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| caption = BRC office in Minsk |
| caption = BRC office in Minsk |
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The '''Belarusian Red Cross Society''' ({{Langx|be|Беларускае Таварыства Чырвонага Крыжа|translit=Bielaruskaje Tavarystva Čyrvonaha Kryža}}'';'' {{Langx|ru|Белорусское Общество Красного Креста|translit=Belorusskoye Obshchestvo Krasnogo Kresta}}) is a Belarusian humanitarian organization and |
The '''Belarusian Red Cross Society''' ({{Langx|be|Беларускае Таварыства Чырвонага Крыжа|translit=Bielaruskaje Tavarystva Čyrvonaha Kryža}}'';'' {{Langx|ru|Белорусское Общество Красного Креста|translit=Belorusskoye Obshchestvo Krasnogo Kresta}}) is a Belarusian humanitarian organization and national Red Cross society of [[Belarus]]. It is currently suspended from the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement]] since 2023, because the current head of the Belarusian Red Cross ([[Dzmitry Shautsou]]) was involved in [[child abductions in the Russo-Ukrainian war|child abductions]] during the [[Russo-Ukrainian war]]. |
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Though first operating in the territory of what is now |
Though first operating in the territory of what is now Belarus in 1872 as the [[Minsk]] local branch of the [[Russian Red Cross Society|Russian Red Cross]], the organization was officially founded in 1967. Within Belarus, it currently operates 166 regional and local branches.{{Cite news|url=http://redcross.by/en/bokk-history/|title=History of the Belarusian Red Cross Society|newspaper=Белорусский Красный Крест | Просто Помогаем!|date=27 July 2017|language=ru|access-date=14 March 2018|archive-date=17 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917135158/https://redcross.by/en/bokk-history/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.icrc.org/en/event/belarus-icrc-brings-together-14-countries-discuss-international-humanitarian-law|title=Belarus: ICRC brings together 14 countries to discuss international humanitarian law|date=17 March 2015|website=International Committee of the Red Cross|access-date=14 February 2019}} |
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==Involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian War== |
==Involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian War== |
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