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Lukashenko says there are no political prisoners in Belarus and that those behind bars are law-breakers who chose their own ...
The people of Belarus have endured Lukashenko’s rule for more than two decades. They want a better life, and they are convinced that democratic change is the best way to achieve it.
The Belarus president and the Belarusian people have been congratulated by the leaders of Russia, China, Kazakhstan, ...
The newly pardoned prisoners were convicted on a variety of criminal charges, including extremism — a charge often used ...
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 16 people convicted of various crimes, including "extremism", ahead of ...
Last month, the Belarusian government pardoned and released 14 prisoners, but at least 60 more people were arrested on ...
Andrei Ausievich, left, and Vadzim Ermashuk, in Warsaw. Both were imprisoned in Belarus. “Back then, I believed in the law — ...
The people of Belarus continue to protest by the tens of thousands against a manufactured election victory by President Alexander Lukashenko. Their courage in the face of brutality by security ...
More than 700 people have died in Belarus from COVID-19. This month, he claimed his sixth term as president. Lukashenko emerged with about 80% of the votes, ...
Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya says people 'will never be able to forgive' president. Tikhanovskaya spoke to ABC News Saturday in her only American TV interview.
In contrast, discussions among people in and from Belarus - on the streets, in chats and social media, in our conversations with friends (many of whom have been arrested, ...
In the decades since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, as the world has reckoned with the unintended effects of nuclear power, a group of people in Belarus has quietly lived out its consequences.