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Point of no return: Year passes since start of biggest-ever protests in Belarus
Belsat.eu reflects on the momentous events which have happened since 9 August 2020, when the large-scale protests against the rigged presidential election broke out.
09.08.2021
Might-have-been presidential candidate Syarhei Tsikhanouski’s being in custody extended again
Popular Belarusian blogger Syarhei Tsikhanouski’s being held in prison has been extended to April, 29. The husband of opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya has been behind bars since late May.
26.02.2021
US sanctions OMON, Central Election Commission, internal troops as ‘Belarusian regime actors’
On December 23, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated one individual and four entities for their roles in the fraudulent August 9, 2020, presidential election in Belarus and the subsequent violent crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy protests.
23.12.2020