Jailed Belarusian opposition figure Maryya Kalesnikava has won the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize awarded annually by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to honor “outstanding” civil… Read more »
How on earth do you get a U.S. Senator, a French philosopher, a Polish minister of foreign affairs, a Canadian ex-prime minister, and a Central European prince to read out… Read more »
🇧🇾 #Belarus witnesses an unprecedented #HumanRights crisis over the past year, with massive human rights violations. UN expert Anaïs Marin calls on authorities to end policy of repression and to… Read more »
Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s regime is maintaining control through large-scale repression, with reports of the regime killing protesters or putting them behind bars for years, as well as lower level fines and arrests of people simply… Read more »
When Russians took to the streets in the tens of thousands on January 23 in the biggest wave of nationwide protests in years to demand the release of jailed opposition… Read more »
A promising sign that Aleksandr Lukashenko’s days in power might be numbered is emerging among the Belarusian security forces, say two leading analysts. To maintain his grip on power, the… Read more »
Belarusian authorities have started mass criminal proceedings against more than 200 peaceful protesters who were detained during a rally on Sunday, and are now at risk of being jailed for… Read more »
The European Parliament (EP) has selected Belarus’ opposition movement as the winners of this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. EP President David Sassoli (below) recognized an “initiative of… Read more »
Just when liberal democracy looked on the point of collapse, a popular movement is resurrecting it in a country where it had seemed impossible, notes a leading analyst. The Belarusian… Read more »
The European Union agreed Monday to impose targeted sanctions against Russian officials and entities allegedly involved in the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny but officials insisted the move should… Read more »