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January 9, 2024

Belarus faces criticism over refusal to allow security group to observe parliamentary vote

Belarus is facing criticism after rejecting the presence of observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe for its upcoming elections.

January 8, 2024

Belarus declines observation invite for parliamentary elections

Belarus announced on Monday that it will not invite the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to monitor its Feb. 25 elections.

January 5, 2024

Belarus' authoritarian leader tightens control over the country's religious groups

Lukashenko won a sixth term in 2020 in an election denounced as a fraud by the opposition, in which 35,000 protesters were arrested by the government.

January 4, 2024

Lukashenko signs law granting self criminal immunity for life

Authoritarian Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a law Thursday granting him lifelong immunity from criminal prosecution.

December 27, 2023

Belarus claims to have received tactical nuclear weapons from ally Russia

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced this week that his country received a cache of tactical nuclear weapons from the Russian military.

December 12, 2023

Belarus detains election observers, breaks into homes as next vote looms, watchdog claims

Belarusian security services are now breaking into apartments and detaining election observers ahead of next year's largely ceremonial vote.

November 16, 2023

Belarusian political prisoner begins hunger strike in protest of Lukashenko regime

Belarusian human rights activist Aliaksandar Vaitseshyk reportedly began a hunger strike in prison Thursday to protest the Eastern European nation's authoritarian government.

November 10, 2023

Dissident Belarusian author claims father was arrested for reposting article

Prominent Belarusian dissident Sasha Filipenko's father has reportedly been sentenced to two weeks in prison for sharing an article by a regime-critical publication online.

November 9, 2023

Belarus arrests dissident author's father on 'unclear grounds'

The father of Sasha Filipenko, a prominent critic of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's regime, has been arrested after a raid on his apartment.

November 7, 2023

Belarus transfers Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski to solitary confinement

Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski, one of Belarus' top human rights advocates, has been transferred to solitary confinement as he serves out a 10-year prison sentence, his wife claims.