Tag: Belarus
Human rights: Belarus journalists win World Press Freedom Prize
The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) was named on Tuesday as the winner of this year‘s UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, following the international…
EU further steps up its support to the people of Belarus
The European Commission will mobilise an additional €30 million to further strengthen its support to the people of Belarus. This new funding will complement and…
Belarus: No justice in sight for scores of human rights violations survivors one year on from disputed election
Following last year’s widely disputed presidential election, Belarusian authorities have unleashed a campaign of brutal reprisals against dissent and committed a plethora of human rights…
Violations continuing against Belarus protesters, UN human rights office warns
More than three months on from the disputed presidential election in Belarus, the Belarusian Government continues to “wield the machinery of the State to commit…
Masked men reportedly seize senior Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova in Minsk
Unidentified men in black on Monday morning grabbed a,Maria Kolesnikova leading Belarusian opposition figure, and pushed her into a minibus, her campaign team reported, citing…
’Scores’ detained as students in Belarus protest against President Lukashenko | #TheCube
University students walked out of class on the first day of term to protest against the disputed re-election of Belarus’ authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko. Belarusian…
Belarus protest: Mass rally keeps pressure on Lukashenko
Tens of thousands have again taken to the streets in Belarus, facing off against riot police to protest against President Alexander Lukashenko. A huge police…
Belarus detains around 20 journalists preparing to cover protest: Reuters witness
Belarusian police detained around 20 journalists preparing to cover a protest in central Minsk on Thursday and confiscated their telephones and identity documents, a Reuters…
Belarus: Dozens arrested at protests as Lukashenko changes tactics to quell unrest
Police in Belarus detained over 50 people across the country as protests demanding the resignation of the country’s authoritarian leader entered their third week, officials…
Belarus protests: Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich set to be quizzed over opposition council
Nobel Prize-winning writer Svetlana Alexievich has been summoned by Belarus investigators over a new opposition council that is aiming to facilitate a transition of power…
Tens of thousands in Lithuania form human chain for Belarus
Tens of thousands of Lithuanians linked arms on Sunday in solidarity with the people of neighbouring Belarus who have been holding mass protests against authoritarian…
Macron and Merkel meet with Turkey, Belarus, COVID on the agenda
Chancellor Angela Merkel at his Mediterranean holiday retreat on Thursday to discuss a long list of burning issues including the coronavirus pandemic, post-election unrest in…
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