The former Soviet state was gripped in 2020 by a huge protest movement against President Alexander Lukashenko, that prompted ...

Dozens of journalists in Belarus have been imprisoned in recent years under a crackdown by authoritarian President Alexander ...

Roman Protasevich, founder of the social media news channel NEXTA, played a crucial role in the anti-Lukashenko protests in Belarus. The mother of Belarusian blogger Roman Protasevich, who was ...

The 2020 protests were triggered by the results of the election that gave Alyaksandr Lukashenka his sixth term in office. Still now, 15 to 20 people are being detained in Belarus every day ...

Belarusian comedian “Evil Sasha” turns trauma into dark humor on stage in Vilnius. Scarred by a fire and injured in 2020 protests, she fled to Lithuania. Now her sharp jokes blend laughter with the ...

Much of the AP’s work across the world focuses on breaking news, like the gripping coverage of Belarus’ largest protests in decades, shaking the power of the man often styled as Europe’s last dictator ...

Demonstrators in Belarus face police brutality and possible detention for participating in protests against the disputed August presidential election. So, from flash mobs to courtyard singing ...

More than 100 people in Belarus appeared in court on Monday ( 27 March) over protests at the weekend against hardline President Alexander Lukashenko, with dozens of them jailed, including journalists.

Angelika Melnikova, the speaker for the exiled Belarusian opposition’s Coordination Council, has been missing since late ...

The Belarusian leader mocks critics who derided him as 'Europe's last dictator,' saying his country has more democracy 'than those who cast themselves as its models.' ...