Authorities in nearly a dozen regions across Russian have refused to authorize protests in recent weeks over internet censorship and the blocking of Telegram, a popular messaging app.

Maria Kalesnikava is campaigning for the West to engage with the regime in Belarus that imprisoned her for more than five years.

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday ordered the release of 250 political prisoners as part of a deal with Washington that lifted some U.S. sanctions, the latest step in ...

It was the latest step in the Belarusian leader's effort to improve ties with Washington Belarusian President Alexander ...

In a comment to Ukrinform news agency, he said that “there is no protest potential in Belarus right now.” Tikhanovsky attributed the lack of protest energy to the crackdown on the 2020 protests and to ...

Belarusian journalist Pavel Dabravolski was convicted Monday of treason and sentenced to nine years in a maximum-security prison, activists said, the fifth media worker to be jailed in two weeks in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A leader of the anti-government 2020 protests in Belarus, Maria Kalesnikava, reemerged from prison with a message that has ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Belarus President Lukashenko pardoned 18 prisoners, continuing his effort to restore U.S. relations after being ...

Seven countries are boycotting the 2026 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony in protest at Russian and Belarusian athletes being permitted to compete under their own flags. Six athletes from Russia and ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus' authoritarian president has pardoned 18 more prisoners as part of his recent effort at a rapprochement with the United States. In a decree announced on Thursday, ...