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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 Lukashenko's 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 election rigging and subsequent repression. Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who has...
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, foreign governments, and NGOs all dispute the result. Belarus' General Prosecution Office said on Wedne...
Belarus: EU rejects claim that European funds financed Lukashenko's 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 report. "The crime was committed with the help of mobile phones, video cameras, a tripod and vests ...