Belarus is on the brink of extending the 30-year rule of its authoritarian leader, President Alexander Lukashenko, who is ...

Despite this, political repression continues in Belarus, with the number of political prisoners at 1,253, reports the Viasna Center. The names of those released are not disclosed. Human rights ...

Belarus’ opposition activists and Western officials have denounced an orchestrated election that extended the over three-decade rule of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Strong reporting last week by AP’s Belarus reporter Yuras Karmanau shed light on a little-told element of the historic East-West prisoner exchange — the plight of the Belarusian political prisoners.

“It is difficult to call such elections fair, transparent, and democratic, in particular given the political repression in Belarus, which deprived voters of any alternative choice, and turned ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 29 political prisoners amid what human rights groups describe as renewed oppression in the country.

Across 2024, more than 5,800 people were convicted in administrative political trials in Belarus - the Human Rights Defense Center Viasna reported. A trial in the 2023 "Viasna Case" - criminal ...

BBC’s Stephen Rosenberg asked the head of state about his attitude to the situation when even his rivals in the election spoke out in support of him. For example, the leader of the Communist Party.

Belarus and Russia may immediately become even closer Belarus and Russia may immediately become even closer in military and political dimension, should it become necessary, Lukashenko said.

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule in an election that concludes Sunday and that the opposition dismisses as a ...