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...
Alexander Lukashenko
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
A Belarusian dissident novelist’s father is jailed for two weeks for reposting an article
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A noted Belarusian dissident author said Friday that his father has been sen...
The father of a dissident Belarusian novelist has been arrested in Minsk
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A prominent Belarusian dissident author who lives abroad said Thursday that ...
Activist hands ICC evidence he says implicates Belarus president in transfer of Ukrainian children
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An exiled Belarus activist on Tuesday presented a second dossier of ev...
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...
Putin meets the leader of Belarus, who suggests joining Russia’s move to boost ties with North Korea
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted a meeting Friday with his Belarusian ally, who...