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Imprisoned Belarus activist resurfaces after being held incommunicado for over 700 days
2 days, 14 hours ago

Imprisoned Belarus activist resurfaces after being held incommunicado for over 700 days

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — An imprisoned opposition activist in Belarus resurfaced Wednesday in a video shot by a pro-government blogger after over 700 days of no contact with his family, weeks before an election that is all but certain keep the country’s strongman leader in power. “The authorities decided to show Babaryka in the run-up to the election to avoid accusations …

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Catholic priest in Belarus sentenced to 11 years as crackdown on dissent continues
1 week, 4 days ago

Catholic priest in Belarus sentenced to 11 years as crackdown on dissent continues

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — A Catholic priest in Belarus on Monday was convicted on charges of high treason for criticizing the government and handed an 11-year sentence, in the first case of politically-driven charges against Catholic clergy since Belarus became independent in the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. “For the first time since the fall of the Communist regime, a …

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Catholic priest in Belarus sentenced to 11 years as crackdown on dissent continues
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1 week, 4 days ago

Catholic priest in Belarus sentenced to 11 years as crackdown on dissent continues

The Independent  

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Belarus’ strongman leader pardons 20 more prisoners, but rights groups say repression continues
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1 week, 6 days ago

Belarus’ strongman leader pardons 20 more prisoners, but rights groups say repression continues

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 20 more people that rights activists describe as political prisoners, a statement on the president’s website said Saturday. In all, 207 political prisoners have been freed, according to Belarus’ oldest and most established human rights group, Viasna. The mass pardons come amid a new wave of repression, said Viasna activist Pavel …

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Estalla altercado en reunión de grupo económico dominado por Rusia
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Estalla altercado en reunión de grupo económico dominado por Rusia

Associated Press  

MOSCÚ — Una reunión meticulosamente guionizada de la alianza económica dominada por Rusia que incluye a varias naciones exsoviéticas se desvió brevemente el jueves cuando dos líderes se enzarzaron en una discusión durante la transmisión en vivo del evento. El primer ministro armenio, Nikol Pashinyan, quien ha buscado reducir los lazos de su país con Moscú y forjar relaciones más …

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An altercation erupts at a high-level meeting of a Russia-dominated economic union
2 weeks, 1 day ago

An altercation erupts at a high-level meeting of a Russia-dominated economic union

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — A tightly-scripted meeting of the Russia-dominated economic alliance of several ex-Soviet nations briefly went awry Thursday when two leaders engaged in bickering during a live broadcast of the event. Russian President Vladimir Putin and other heads of states attended the meeting of the Eurasian Economic Union, which includes Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol …

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Belarusian authorities arrest 7 journalists who worked for an independent newspaper
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Belarusian authorities arrest 7 journalists who worked for an independent newspaper

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Belarusian authorities have arrested seven journalists who worked for an independent regional news outlet, a media watchdog said Thursday, the latest move in a sweeping crackdown on dissent and freedom of speech by the country’s authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. The Belarusian Association of Journalists said the seven — journalists who worked for Intex-Press online newspaper in the …

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Belarusian authorities arrest 7 journalists who worked for an independent newspaper
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Belarusian authorities arrest 7 journalists who worked for an independent newspaper

The Independent  

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Belarus court jails journalist for four years for criticizing authoritarian president
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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Belarus court jails journalist for four years for criticizing authoritarian president

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — A Belarusian journalist has been sentenced to four years in prison for her critical reports chronicling a sweeping crackdown on dissent launched by the country’s authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. The Minsk City Court convicted Volha Radzivonava on Tuesday on charges of “insulting the president” and “discrediting Belarus” and sentenced her to four years in prison. “The authorities …

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Belarus has dozens of Russian nuclear weapons and is ready for its newest missile, its leader says
1 month ago

Belarus has dozens of Russian nuclear weapons and is ready for its newest missile, its leader says

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko said Tuesday his country is hosting dozens of Russian nuclear weapons and will prepare facilities for the planned deployment of Moscow’s newest hypersonic ballistic missile. His remarks came after he and President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty last week that gave security guarantees to Belarus, Moscow’s closest ally, including the possible use of …

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Belarus’ authoritarian ruler pardons 29 political prisoners amid claims of ongoing repression
1 month ago

Belarus’ authoritarian ruler pardons 29 political prisoners amid claims of ongoing repression

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Belarus’ authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, pardoned 29 political prisoners Monday amid what human rights groups describe as renewed oppression in the country. The mass pardons come amid a new wave of repression as the authorities prepare to hold new presidential elections in January 2025, said Viasna spokesman Pavel Sapelka. “Repression in Belarus is still growing.” The Belarusian …

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Putin firma acuerdo que ofrece garantías de seguridad de Rusia a su aliada Bielorrusia
1 month ago

Putin firma acuerdo que ofrece garantías de seguridad de Rusia a su aliada Bielorrusia

Associated Press  

MOSCÚ — El presidente ruso Vladímir Putin visitó Bielorrusia el viernes para firmar un tratado que ofrece garantías de seguridad para el aliado más cercano de Moscú, incluido el posible uso de armas nucleares rusas para ayudar a repeler una agresión. Hablando junto al presidente bielorruso Alexander Lukashenko, Putin enfatizó que el nuevo documento incluye el uso potencial de armas …

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Putin signs agreement offering Russia's security guarantees to ally Belarus
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1 month ago

Putin signs agreement offering Russia's security guarantees to ally Belarus

The Independent  

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Putin signs agreement offering Russia’s security guarantees to ally Belarus
1 month ago

Putin signs agreement offering Russia’s security guarantees to ally Belarus

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Belarus on Friday to sign a treaty offering security guarantees for Moscow’s closest ally, including the possible use of Russian nuclear weapons to help repel an aggression. Speaking alongside Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko, Putin emphasized that the new document includes the potential use of Russian tactical nuclear weapons deployed to Belarus in response …

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Belarus seeks to copy neighboring Russia’s repressive LGBTQ+ policies, activists say
1 month ago

Belarus seeks to copy neighboring Russia’s repressive LGBTQ+ policies, activists say

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — As police raided the home of a gay couple in the Belarusian capital of Minsk and brutally beat them, the officers didn’t hide that the crackdown was aligned to similar moves in neighboring Russia. “They openly told us that if it is banned in Russia, then it should be banned in Belarus too.” Belarus decriminalized homosexuality in …

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Putin gives Russian security guarantees to ally Belarus, including possible use of nuclear weapons
1 month ago

Putin gives Russian security guarantees to ally Belarus, including possible use of nuclear weapons

LA Times  

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Belarus on Friday to sign a treaty offering security guarantees for Moscow’s closest ally, including the possible use of Russian nuclear weapons to help repel an aggression. Speaking alongside Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko, Putin emphasized that the new document includes the potential use of Russian tactical nuclear weapons deployed to Belarus in response to an …

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Russian attacks across Ukraine kill at least 12 people
1 month ago

Russian attacks across Ukraine kill at least 12 people

Al Jazeera  

Governor says strike on Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region sets a service station on fire, killing at least 10 people. The Russian military also struck the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday, the local governor said, killing at least two people. Friday’s attacks came as Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, in Belarus’s capital of …

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Venice Prize-winning film Green Border is a heartbreaking dramatisation of the very real refugee crisis on the Belarus-Poland border
1 month, 1 week ago

Venice Prize-winning film Green Border is a heartbreaking dramatisation of the very real refugee crisis on the Belarus-Poland border

ABC  

In May 2021, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko retaliated against European-Union-imposed sanctions on his dictatorship by facilitating tourist visas for Middle Eastern and African asylum seekers. Fast facts about Green Border What: A brutal, true-to-life dramatisation of the refugee crisis playing out on the Belarus–Poland border Director: Agnieszka Holland Starring: Jalal Al Tawil, Dalia Naous, Behi Djanati Atai, Tomasz Wlosok, Maja …

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Map: How Imran Khan's supporters rattled Pak's security with Islamabad march
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Map: How Imran Khan's supporters rattled Pak's security with Islamabad march

India Today  

Pakistan’s political and security leadership were in a bind as supporters of jailed Prime Minister Imran Khan battled security forces barely a few kilometers from the places where members of foreign delegation held talks with officials in the heart of capital Islamabad on Tuesday. Social media videos geolocated by India Today's Open-Source Intelligence team suggested protest caravans swarmed Islamabad’s Blue …

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Belarus grants asylum to fugitive Polish judge wanted on spying allegations
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Belarus grants asylum to fugitive Polish judge wanted on spying allegations

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Belarus has granted asylum to a former Polish judge who faced espionage charges at home following his defection in May to the Kremlin-allied country. A decree published Friday by Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus’ autocratic president, described Tomasz Szmydt as being “prosecuted for political reasons” in Poland. Szmydt’s defection to Belarus in May trained the focus on Poland as …

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Belarus grants asylum to fugitive Polish judge wanted on spying allegations
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Belarus grants asylum to fugitive Polish judge wanted on spying allegations

The Independent  

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Belarus leader Lukashenko pardons 32 prisoners convicted for ‘extremism’
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Belarus leader Lukashenko pardons 32 prisoners convicted for ‘extremism’

Al Jazeera  

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned dozens of political prisoners, his office said, but critics warned that the crackdown on dissent continues, with more than 1,000 people still imprisoned since mass demonstrations in 2020. This marked the sixth wave of pardons of political prisoners since July this year, with a total of 178 people released, according to a tally based …

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Belarus has arrested scores of relatives of dissidents ahead of presidential vote, activists say
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Belarus has arrested scores of relatives of dissidents ahead of presidential vote, activists say

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Belarusian authorities have detained over 100 relatives of political prisoners in a new wave of arrests ahead of January’s election in which authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is seeking a seventh term, rights activists said Friday. The Viasna human rights center said that the raids began Thursday, targeting relatives and friends of political prisoners in various cities across …

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Jailed Belarusian dissident Kalesnikava permitted visit with father
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Jailed Belarusian dissident Kalesnikava permitted visit with father

Hindustan Times  

Nov 12 - Jailed Belarusian dissident Maria Kalesnikava, a key figure in the opposition movement to President Alexander Lukashenko, was permitted to meet her father on Tuesday, the first time any picture of her has been seen in well over a year. Jailed Belarusian dissident Kalesnikava permitted visit with father A picture of Kalesnikava with her father appeared on the …

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