The newly pardoned prisoners were convicted on a variety of criminal charges, including extremism — a charge often used ...

The West needs to keep up pressure on Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko to try to force democratic change, newly ...

Last month, the Belarusian government pardoned and released 14 prisoners, but at least 60 more people were arrested on ...

Sergei Tikhanovsky was kept isolated in bare, tiny cells and tells the BBC that Belarus must free other political prisoners.

UEFA has changed the hosting plan for its 2026 European Championship for indoor soccer because Russia’s military ally Belarus ...

This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. Journalist Ihar ...

Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka says she wouldn’t want women’s tennis to move to best-of-five-sets matches. She fears higher ...

The most powerful deterrent is everyone's devotion to the interests of the country, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko ...

Mass arrests and convictions of government critics in Belarus have continued since 2020, when Belarusian President Alexander ...

The outreach to Belarus’s autocratic leader, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, comes as the country has released at least 14 political prisoners. By Andrew Higgins and Tomas Dapkus Unable to broker peace ...

Peace in Belarus is the core premise of the state policy, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a solemn assembly held on 1 July in anticipation of Independence Day.

Belarus opposition leader Siarhei Tsikhanouski has been released from prison after five years, his wife Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya said in a post on X. Tsikhanouskaya, who took over the opposition ...