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A woman stands at a barbed wire fence in front of a police line toward President Lukashenko's Independence Palace in Minsk, September 2020

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In this Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020 file photo, demonstrators carry a huge historical flag of Belarus as thousands gather for a protest at the Independence square in Minsk, Belarus.

The struggle is not over for a democratic Belarus | View

09/08/2021

Exiled Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, right, speaks to reporters in Warsaw on Wednesday accompanied by dissident former minister Pavel Latushka

'Belarus will be free': Exiled sprinter speaks out after Tokyo exit

05/08/2021

Editors of Belsat TV during the recording of one of their programmes

The raid that killed off Belarus' last independent media platform

05/08/2021

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on June 22, 2021.

Belarus cuts cooperation on migration with EU over sanctions

28/06/2021

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya holds a portrait of her husband, detained in Belarus, in the Senate of the Czech Republic in Prague, June 9, 2021.

Trial of Sergei Tsikhanousky, Sviatlana's husband, opens in Belarus

Sergei Tsikhanousky, a popular video blogger, is one of six men standing trial. He is accused of "preparation of mass disorder" and "incitement to hatred".

24/06/2021

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, right, greets Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya during a European Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting.

'There's no going back': EU promises new sanctions will hurt Belarus

21/06/2021

Arina Malinovskaya

Meet the journalist who fled Belarus hours before Ryanair diversion

01/06/2021

In this Wednesday, May 26, 2021, file photo, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko addresses Parliament in Minsk, Belarus.

Belarus: Alexander Lukashenko meets Vladimir Putin amid EU showdown

28/05/2021

President Alexander Lukashenko pictured in 2012.

EU must go further to punish Lukashenko’s brazen act of piracy | View

27/05/2021

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, Belarus, Feb. 12, 2021.

Belarusians file 'state torture' case against Lukashenko in Germany

05/05/2021

Police use a water cannon against demonstrators during a rally in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020

The push for a free Belarus requires patience and endurance | View

29/04/2021

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya interacts with supporters in Warsaw, Poland

Has Lukashenko fatally fractured Belarus' opposition movement?

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has been the face of Belarus' opposition. But two new political movements could threaten that, fracturing those who want President Alexander Lukashenko to step aside.

28/04/2021

In this Saturday, March 20, 2021 file photo, Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, right, poses for photos with protesters.

Belarus charges Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya with terrorism

29/03/2021

Belarusian opposition figure Svetlana Tikhanovskaya following her meeting with Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne in Vilnius, Lithuania on Oct. 16, 2020.

Belarus asks Lithuania to extradite opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya

05/03/2021

Demonstrator is silhouetted by an old Belarusian national flag during a rally in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020

Meet the Belarusians in Lithuania who fled political crisis back home

09/02/2021

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko seen as he visits the Belarusian Interior Ministry special forces base in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020.

Six months on, has Lukashenko seen off calls for change in Belarus?

09/02/2021

Europe shows its support for Belarus Solidarity Day

Europe shows its support for Belarus Solidarity Day

07/02/2021

People commemorate Roman Bondarenko, an anti-government protester who died after what witnesses said was a severe beating by security forces, Dec. 21, 2020

Thirteen detained during rallies in Belarus, says rights group

27/12/2020

The barbed wire amid the flowers on this Moscow-Minsk friendship mural questions freedoms enjoyed in Belarus and Russia

How the crisis in Belarus is politicising a new wave of street artists

21/12/2020

Opposition demonstrators have been protesting against President Alexander Lukashenko who was elected for a sixth term in August's disputed election

More than 300 people arrested in latest Belarus demonstrations

30/11/2020

Belarusian pensioners attend an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020.

Belarus pensioners demand President Alexander Lukashenko resigns

23/11/2020

A demonstrator covering himself with an old Belarusian national flag stands during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus,

Belarus: After 100 days, Lukashenko is still in power. Now what?

16/11/2020

Pavel Liber

Will Belarus' political crisis kill off its booming IT sector?

26/10/2020

Opponents of Belarusian President Lukashenko demonstrate in MInsk

Belarusian opposition leader Tikhanouskaya calls for nationwide strike

25/10/2020

Women take to streets of Belarus once again, calling for Lukashenko to go

Women take to streets of Belarus again, calling for Lukashenko to go

17/10/2020

Elderly women hold flowers during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020.

Belarus: Protests continue after mass arrests and live-fire threats

12/10/2020