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For 27 years, President Alexander Lukashenko has held onto power in Belarus, a former Soviet republic, using increasingly repressive methods. 

For 27 years, President Alexander Lukashenko has held onto power in Belarus, a former Soviet republic, using increasingly repressive methods. His critics and opponents have gotten louder, and more prominent, since Lukashenko claimed a sixth term following a disputed election in August 2020. Mass arrests, the forced grounding of a European Union flight and an Olympic sprinter fleeing the team to seek asylum in Poland have all focused international attention on the simmering crisis on the EU’s bor

Did an Iraqi migrant die? Belarus says so. Lithuania calls it a “fairy tale.”

Pro-democracy movement in Belarus defiant as Lukashenko regime jails and exiles critics

Wed, 04 Aug 2021 08:25 UTC © Vitaly Shishov Vitaly Shishov, the head of an association of Belarusians living abroad in Ukraine, has been found dead in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, police say. The activist disappeared while out running, sparking fears online for his safety. On Tuesday, police in the city confirmed that his body had been found in a park near his home. In a statement, officials said he had been "hanged," and that his "mobile phone and personal belongings were recovered from the scene." Investigators have now launched a criminal probe for "premeditated murder" and are asking all...