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Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since he came into power in 1994, has cracked down violently on the still-ongoing protests in which police have detained more than 33,000 people. Belarus "is not a member of the Council of Europe – it still has the death penalty which is an automatic bar to its membership. This means that it is not subject to... requirements... to bring its prison system in line with the norms outlined in the European Prison Rules.... All prisoners are vulnerable to their treatment in custody being manipulated at the behest of investigators to exact confessions and witness ...

share Print Dismissed by Alyaksandr Lukashenka as too fragile to run Belarus, women have been at the vanguard of the pro-democracy movement that has swept the country since the disputed presidential election on August 9, 2020. It's a Belarusian development that has fueled a growing global trend, explained Oksana Antonenko, director of the London-based Control Risks Group and fellow at the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. "Women are playing an increasingly important role in political activism around the world, and the Belarus example has p...

A physician and a journalist in Belarus have been convicted of disclosing information that contradicted official statements about the death of a protester killed during a crackdown on demonstrations against authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka.

Belarusian Doctor, Journalist Go On Trial For Revealing Info On Slain Protester February 19, 2021 12:34 GMT Share share MINSK -- A physician and a journalist in Belarus have gone on trial for allegedly disclosing information about a protester killed during a crackdown on demonstrations against authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka. The Moscow district court in Minsk started the trial of Artsyom Sarokin and Katsyaryna Barysevich on February 19 with a decision to hold the process behind closed doors claiming "personal medical data" would be involved in the case. The decision to bar the pub...