The yellow name tag that Ales Bialiatski wears on his prison garb sets him apart from other inmates in Penal Colony No. 9 in ...

Arkatovich is among dozens of clergy — Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant — who have been jailed, silenced or forced into exile for protesting the 2020 election that gave Lukashenko a sixth term.

Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of playing games with ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 20 more people that rights activists describe as political prisoners, a statement on the president's website said ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — An imprisoned opposition activist in ... in a penal colony after failing to get on the ballot against ...

Self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 23 people who supposedly "committed extremist crimes". Among them are three women and 20 men; 13 people are over 50 years old, ...

Ales Bialiatski, Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights activist, is imprisoned in Belarus, enduring harsh conditions as a political prisoner. President Lukashenko's regime labels Bialiatski and ...

In 2024, Belarus, under dictator Alexander Lukashenko, continued to descend ... bordering states — Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia — announced the Baltic Defense Line in January.

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A statement on his website says Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 20 more people that rights activists describe as political prisoners.

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Catholic priest in Belarus ... election that is all but certain to hand authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh term in office. The Viasna Human Rights ...