dictatorship in Belarus

Belarusian courts may be allowed to pass sentences in political cases in absentia
The idea was supported by the Supreme Court and the General Prosecutor’s Office
29.11.2021
‘Families were deceived’: EU Commissioner faults Lukashenka regime for creating migration crisis
The European Commission lays the responsibility for the current migration crisis on the regime of Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
22.11.2021
‘Shrove Monday’: Detentions and searches in Homiel
At least eight people have been detained in the Belarusian city of Homiel on Monday, human rights activists report. Dissenters are apparently forced to tell their stories and show regret while the police are filming them.
25.10.2021
New Zealand cuts diplomatic relations with Lukashenka's regime
New Zealand has added more than 70 people to its sanctions list
24.10.2021
Belarusian MIA to create 'list of extremists'
Dissenters may be deported or stripped of their citizenship.
23.10.2021
‘Politics cannot be kept out of classroom’: Lukashenka announces reset of Belarus’ education system
When making a speech at the National Pedagogical Conference on Tuesday, Alyaksandr Lukashenka made mention of the would-be reset of the education system in Belarus.
24.08.2021
Analyst explains meaning of press conference involving Pratasevich
The official Minsk did not expect that the incident with the Ryanair plane would “qualitatively change the West’s attitude towards the dictatorship in Belarus.”
15.06.2021
Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė says Belarus is waging hybrid war against Lithuania
Bilotaitė said that one part of the hybrid war is the growth of illegal migration.
06.06.2021
LNR representatives head to Minsk to interrogate Raman Pratasevich, media reports
On June 1, Alyaksandr Lukashenka said he was ready to allow the “LNR” representatives to visit political prisoner Raman Pratasevich
06.06.2021
Tsikhanouskaya about attack on TUT.BY: ‘Group holding power in Belarus is real occupation regime’
On May 18, Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanovskaya published a statement regarding today’s raids on TUTBY Media offices and searches ofs its employees’ places.
18.05.2021
Lukashenka calls on Belarusians to ‘stop this standoff no one needs’
On May 9, when delivering a speech on the occasion of Victory Day in State Flag Square, Alyaksandr Lukashenka called Belarusians to put an end to the confrontation that no one wants and warned about the alleged feasibility of Belarus’ becoming ‘an arena of someone else’s wars’ again.
10.05.2021
Twelve more people recognized as political prisoners
Human rights defenders of Belarus have recognized 12 more people charged under Article 293 of the Criminal Code (riots) for participating in the August protests as political prisoners.
18.09.2020