Polish border guards used water cannons and tear gas on Tuesday, November 17, to repel an attempt by migrants breach the heavily guarded European Union border...
Athlete Krystina Timanovskaya: “It’s dangerous for me in Belarus” A sprinter from Belarus who refused her team’s orders to fly home early from the Olympics has...
Krystina Timanovskaya asked the International Olympic Committee for help A sprinter from Belarus who refused her team’s order to fly home early from the Olympics has...
Krystina Timanovskaya asked the International Olympic Committee for help A sprinter from Belarus who refused her team’s order to fly home early from the Olympics is...
Belarusian authorities released videos of Roman Protasevich and Sofia Sapega confessing to criminal charges A Belarusian dissident who was taken off a Ryanair jet forced to...
Ryanair flight FR4978 was travelling from Athens to Vilnius on 23 May when it made an abrupt change of course land in Minsk, Belarus The pilot...
Relatives of the journalist said the interview was conducted under duress The family of Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich says he was coerced into making a confession...
Stepan Latypov has denied all the charges against him The article below contains details which some readers might find upsetting. Protests erupted in Minsk in August...
The Ryanair flight landing in Vilnius, its original destination, more than seven hours after its scheduled arrival time A Ryanair plane from Greece to Lithuania was...
Katerina Andreyeva gave a victory sign in court, next to Daria Chultsova A Belarus court has jailed two TV journalists for two years on charges of...
Alexander Lukashenko has ruled Belarus since 1994 Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko has hinted he may be prepared to leave power, after months of protests against his...
Mr Lukashenko’s security forces have a reputation for brutality The EU has added Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko and his son Viktor to its sanctions blacklist of...
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, now exiled from Belarus, has been visiting Berlin Russia has put Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on its wanted list on “a criminal charge”,...
President Lukashenko’s motorcade swept through Minsk Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, whose re-election in a disputed poll last month led to weeks of mass protests, has been...
Kolesnikova is currently jailed in the capital A detained Belarusian opposition leader has said she feared for her life when security officers threw a bag over...
A detained Belarus opposition leader prevented officials from forcibly expelling her to Ukraine by tearing up her passport and throwing it out of a car window...
Students from a number of Minsk-based universities took part in Tuesday’s marches Belarus police have detained a number of students as they marked the start of...
Many women have been wearing white as they protest against the disputed election result and police violence Women have formed human chains in Belarus to...