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Prince Harry reveals why he quit the Royal life Exiled Belarusian opposition figure Raman Pratasevich was horrified when he knew the flight he took to Lithuania was instead heading to Belarusian capital Minsk. When the Ryanair flight was diverted and forced to land at Minsk, Pratasevich was arrested and led away he said, "Ill get the death penalty here." Pratasevich, who had worked for online news outlet NEXTA, which carried footage of mass protests against Belarusian President Lukashenko, ...

The turbulent history of the Warsaw Pact countries after the fall of the Iron Curtain has seen a series of authoritarian regimes of various kinds. From the despotic regimes that have taken hold in Central Asian republics such as Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, to oligarchies such as Yanukovich-era Ukraine, to nationalist regimes such as in Serbia during the 1990s. But even against this heterogeneous background, one regime that has long been relatively unheard of still stands out today: the dictato...

Alexander Burakov was arrested in the town of Mogilyov while on an editorial assignment for DW's Russian service. During his sentencing, he told the court that he was mishandled in the detention facility.

Among the alleged acts targeted by the complaint are "arrests for futile reasons, torture and ill-treatment during the days of detention", the lawyers said, citing "physical violence, humiliation, threats, insults and other degradations during several days". Deprivation of sleep, food, medical care and "beatings", which had "serious consequences on the health" of the opponents, are also listed in the complaint. "Overall, the states treatment can only be described as bestial," they concluded. Un...

Exclusive: Belarus foreign minister says government anti-protest actions were excessive but adequate

The ultimate goal of the coup was to change the constitutional system of Belarus, abolish the institute of presidency and entrust power to the National Reconciliation

Neither Russia nor the US has commented on Lukashenkos assertions. The Belarus strongman has been in power since 1994 and claimed a landslide victory in the 2020 presidential election ruled fraudulent by the opposition and Western countries. Since then, mass protests against his rule have taken place regularly across the country despite the violent crackdown orchestrated by the authorities. The EU, UK and US have all imposed sanctions against high-ranking Belarusian officials over the electi...

Belarusian authorities have convicted more than 400 people so far for taking part in opposition demonstrations, according to prosecutors. But if that number seems small to you, you are not alone. Thousands of people have been arrested by security forces since the disputed election in August 2020, which sparked a mass protest movement against President Alexander Lukashenko. The president claimed to have won a sixth term in office by a landslide, but opposition leaders, swathes of the public, for...

Belarus: EU rejects claim that European funds financed Lukashenkos property goldmine

Belarusian journalists Katsiaryna Andreyeva, 27, and Darya Chultsova, 23, were reporting on an anti-government protest from a central Minsk apartment when police broke into the flat. The two reporters were arrested on November 15 last year as they were broadcasting clashes between protesters and security enforcement officers, AP news agency reported. Andreyeva and Chultsova received a two-year jail sentence last month for "organising actions rudely violating public order," according to the same...