Belarus has "unilaterally ... himself offered to free the U.S. citizen "as a gesture of goodwill," while declining to release any Belarusian opposition and rights activists.

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LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was handed a 15-year jail term on Monday after being convicted in absentia for treason and "conspiracy to ...

By Matthew Mpoke Bigg A court in Belarus has sentenced the country’s main exiled opposition leader in absentia to 15 years in prison, the state news agency, Belta, said on Monday, as the ...

All five left Belarus following the unprecedented mass protests in 2020, after authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko secured his sixth term in office in a disputed election. The opposition ...

LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - Exiled Belarusian opposition ... hand and to be short of breath at times. Lukashenko, who once told Reuters he was "the last and only dictator in Europe", has ruled ...

TALLINN, Estonia — Belarus’ criminal investigation agency said Tuesday that it has conducted raids as part of a sweeping probe into an alleged attempt by the opposition to seize power three ...

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya ... had a bandaged hand and left for Minsk early. Back in Belarus, he didn't deliver the 9th May speech for the first time ever.

TALLINN, EstoniaTALLINN, Estonia — Authorities in Belarus on Thursday announced raids and the seizure of property belonging to 104 opposition activists who have fled the country, the latest step ...

TALLINN, Estonia — A court in Belarus on Monday sentenced exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years in prison after a trial in absentia on charges including conspiring to ...

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