The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said the bloc’s credibility on foreign policy “is at stake” after EU foreign ministers again failed to sanction Belarus, Politico reports (HT:CFR). A majority… Read more »
Belarus and Armenia: How Russia handles uprisings | European Council on Foreign Relations https://t.co/2kDobRcDvK — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 16, 2020 Top officials at the State Department have been… Read more »
Belarusian security forces arbitrarily detained thousands of people and systematically subjected hundreds to torture and other ill- treatment in the days following the August 9, 2020 presidential election, Human Rights… Read more »
Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich seeks to represent the will of protesters in Belarus, despite intimidation by Alexander Lukashenka’s regime, The New Yorker’s Masha Gessen writes. “He is going there to… Read more »
Authoritarianism is on the rise across the world, and it is posing a serious challenge to democracy and the post-World War II international system, says ACUS. In Central and Eastern… Read more »
Belarusian authorities detained opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova today while she attempted to enter Ukraine, according to state media. Ukraine and opposition activists disputed this version of events, saying Kolesnikova was… Read more »
The Belarusian Kids Are Alright by Sławomir Sierakowski @ProSyn https://t.co/xpM9fdGVXU — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 4, 2020 Europe must send a clear signal to the Kremlin that interference in… Read more »
Belarus’ Fight for a Democratic Future – Center for American Progress https://t.co/ZyTGA9mozB — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 3, 2020 The gravity of the situation in Belarus has led many… Read more »
A High-Stakes Standoff in Belarus https://t.co/MJZpJ8bbQg — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 2, 2020 A senior U.S. official said the United States and European Union were closely coordinating to find… Read more »
⬜🟥⬜ 🇪🇺 “Dozens of people arrested while protesting the Belarus presidential election have vanished and remain unaccounted for — and the EU should not forget them, opposition leader Svetlana… Read more »