Ales Bialiatski, a human rights advocate who won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Belarus and is one of hundreds of its political prisoners.

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — An imprisoned opposition activist in ... in a penal colony after failing to get on the ballot against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in a 2020 election. Babaryka was last heard from in February 2023, and other ...

OSCE observers not invited to monitor upcoming presidential election in Belarus. Belarus to host over 13,000 Russian troops for Zapad-2025 joint military drills with Russia. Belarus sentences EU diplomatic staffer to four years in prison.

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.

An official visit of the Belarus president to a European Union country took place in mid-November 2019. It was the first visit over a lengthy period of time. Aleksandr Lukashenko went to Austria.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Alexander Lukashenko apologized in a call for helping Russia invade Ukraine. "I am not in charge," Zelenskyy quoted the Belarusian leader as saying in early 2022.

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — An imprisoned opposition ... failing to get on the ballot against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in a 2020 election. Babaryka was last heard from in ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's youngest son, Nikolai, has been appearing ever more frequently in the media lately. The 20-year-old, who used to accompany his father on state visits, now appears to be influencing national politics.

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Catholic priest in ... Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to win a seventh term in office in the Jan. 26 vote.

The independent U.S.-based think tank said that the Kremlin is in "the endgame" of its plans to take over its neighbor.

The migrants who had been staying in Belarus in the area near the Polish border have been transported towards Russia, as reported by Colonel Andrzej Stasiulewicz of the Border Guard. The officer suggested that Alexander Lukashenko may be preparing for the upcoming presidential elections.

MINSK - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has approved the strategies of Belarusian participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and BRICS, the administration of Belarusian ...