Roman Protasevich, founder of the social media news channel NEXTA, played a crucial role in the anti-Lukashenko protests in Belarus. The mother of Belarusian blogger Roman Protasevich, who was ...

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

Much of the AP’s work across the world focuses on breaking news, like the gripping coverage of Belarus’ largest protests in decades, shaking the power of the man often styled as Europe’s last dictator ...

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

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

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.' ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...