Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has been in power for more than 30 years and just won another election widely regarded as rigged. Why are the streets of Minsk quiet? Exiled opposition leader ...

Panasyuk, recently freed after four years in prison, described torture and forced psychiatric treatment in custody ...

Having missed almost four years of her son's life while incarcerated in a Belarusian prison, Irina Schastnaya still wants to zip up the 14-year-old's coat, struggling to digest how tall he grew in her ...

With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” is all but certain to add a seventh term.

Belarus’ top security agency kept its fearsome Soviet-era name of the KGB, and it’s the only country in Europe to keep the death penalty, with executions carried out with a gunshot to the back ...

These are not elections – they’re a farce, a “non-election.” You could call it a special operation inspired by the Belarusian KGB and approved by Lukashenko’s office. The sole purpose of this is for ...

According to an unnamed EU official, Khilo was detained by the Belarusian KGB security service in front of the EU delegation office on April 24, 2024. The Viasna Human Rights Center, a human ...

Marina Adamovich has had no news of her husband -- the imprisoned Belarusian opposition figure Mikola Statkevich.Adamovich, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday congratulated Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko for winning a seventh term in office, saying Sunday's election showed he had the undoubted backing ...

Belarus' top security agency kept its fearsome Soviet-era name of the KGB, and it's the only country in Europe to keep the death penalty, with executions carried out with a gunshot to the back of ...