Poland reports two attacks on border guards, one allegedly involving a Belarusian serviceman. Belarus dictator Alexander ...

Dozens of journalists in Belarus have been imprisoned in recent years under a crackdown by authoritarian President Alexander ...

Independent UN rights experts expressed alarm Thursday about the use of forced psychiatric treatment to punish political dissenters in Belarus. The experts have stated that 33 people have been ...

The protests, which demanded Lukashenko’s resignation, were met with mass arrests, alleged torture, and violent crackdowns that left several people dead. RFE/RL's Belarus Service is one of the ...

The former Soviet state was gripped in 2020 by a huge protest movement against President Alexander Lukashenko, that prompted ...

The Belarusian leader mocks critics who derided him as 'Europe's last dictator,' saying his country has more democracy 'than those who cast themselves as its models.' ...

Polish security agency to investigate disappearance of Belarus’s opposition activist amid fears of foreign involvement.

The letter, which demanded a re-run of the vote, also called for the release of all those detained during mass street protests which erupted across Belarus after the election and which the ...

Belarusian comedian “Evil Sasha” turns trauma into dark humor on stage in Vilnius. Scarred by a fire and injured in 2020 protests, she fled to Lithuania. Now her sharp jokes blend laughter with the ...

An American citizen has been detained in Belarus after being accused of attempting to sneak into the country on a cargo train by Belarusian authorities. The 27-year-old unnamed American man was ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) submits the following with respect to Belarus's implementation of recommendations received during its 2020 Universal Periodic ...