Hungary’s foreign minister visits Belarus despite EU sanctions, talks about expanding ties
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Hungary’s top diplomat visited Belarus on Wednesday for talks on expanding t...
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Belarus authorities unleash another wave of raids and property seizures targeting over 200 activists
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus on Tuesday carried out raids and property seizures ta...
Belarus targets opposition activists with raids and property seizures
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus on Thursday announced raids and the seizure of proper...
Belarusian lawmakers to soon consider anti-LGBTQ+ bill
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A bill in Belarus that would outlaw the promotion of homosexuality and other...
Belarusian journalist accused of being in an extremist group after covering protests gets prison
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian journalist was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday on an...
Rights group reports more arrests as Belarus intensifies crackdown on dissent
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A rights group on Thursday reported dozens more home raids and arrests acros...
Rights center says Belarusian authorities have arrested scores of people in latest crackdown
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Tuesday arrested several dozen people in raids mar...
Belarus political prisoner dies after authorities fail to provide him with medical care, group says
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A political prisoner has died in prison in Belarus after authorities failed ...
Belarusian journalist goes on trial for covering protests, faces up to 6 years in prison
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian journalist went on trial Friday on charges linked to his profes...
OSCE laments Belarus’ refusal to allow its monitors to observe February’s parliamentary vote
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A top trans-Atlantic security and rights watchdog has criticized Belarus’ re...
Belarus refuses to invite OSCE observers to monitor this year’s parliamentary election
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Monday said they will not invite observers from th...
Belarus’ authoritarian leader tightens control over the country’s religious groups
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a law into effect that sig...
President of Belarus gives himself immunity from prosecution and limits potential challengers
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus signed a new law Thursday that giv...
More Ukrainian children from Ukraine’s Russia-held regions arrive in Belarus despite global outrage
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian president on Thursday attended a government-organized...
Belarus political prisoners face abuse, no medical care and isolation, former inmate says
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — During his three years in a Belarusian penal colony, human rights activist L...
Rights group says security services in Belarus raid apartments and detain election observers
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Security services in Belarus are breaking into apartments and detaining peop...
2 journalists are detained in Belarus as part of a crackdown on dissent
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Two journalists were detained in Belarus on Friday, a Belarusian journalist ...
Global Red Cross suspends Belarus chapter after its chief boasted of bringing in Ukrainian children
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The International Red Cross on Friday suspended the Belarusian chapter after...
Belarus raids apartments of opposition activists as part of sweeping probe called latest crackdown
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ criminal investigation agency said Tuesday that it has conducted ra...
More than 2,400 Ukrainian children taken to Belarus, a Yale study finds
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — More than 2,400 Ukrainian children aged 6-17 have been taken to Belarus from...
Belarus human rights activist goes on hunger strike in latest protest against Lukashenko government
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A human rights activist in Belarus on Thursday began a hunger strike inside ...
A teenager taken from occupied Mariupol to Russia will return to Ukraine, officials say
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Ukrainian and Russian officials on Friday reported reaching an agreement to ...
Nobel peace laureate Bialiatski has been put in solitary confinement in Belarus, his wife says
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Ales Bialiatski has been transferred...
Belarus sentences independent newspaper editor to 4 years in prison
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Friday convicted the chief editor of a prominent i...
Belarusians who fled repression face new hurdles as they try to rebuild their lives abroad
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Andrei, a 29-year-old computer programmer who fled to Germany from Belarus t...
Belarus leader asks Hungary’s Orban to visit and seeks a dialogue with EU amid country’s isolation
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The authoritarian president of Belarus invited Hungary’s prime minister to v...
Belarus Red Cross mulls call for ouster of its chief as authorities show Ukrainian kids to diplomats
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The Belarus Red Cross says it is examining a call by the international Red C...
Almost 50 children from occupied Ukrainian regions arrive in Belarus, sparking outrage
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian state media reported that 48 children from Ukraine arrived in Bel...
Russia holds elections in occupied Ukrainian regions in an effort to tighten its grip there
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities are holding local elections this weekend in occupied par...