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Belarus Opposition Leader Eyes 'Opportunity' For Change

Exiled Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has told AFP the forthcoming presidential election there will be a "sham" and urged dissidents to prepare for an opportunity to change their country.

International Business Times

Belarus To Hold Presidential Vote On January 26

Belarus will hold a presidential election on January 26, four and a half years after widespread allegations of vote rigging in the last ballot led to nationwide mass protests.

International Business Times

Belarus Frees 'Some Political Prisoners': Exiled Opposition Leader

Reclusive Belarus on Monday freed five political prisoners in a rare amnesty by President Alexander Lukashenko, who has waged a crackdown on opponents throughout his three-decade rule.

International Business Times

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Belarus President Lukashenko To Seek Re-election Next Year

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has held power since 1994, said on Sunday he intended to seek re-election next year, which could extend his rule to 36 years.

International Business Times

Navalny Death Must Be 'Red Line': Belarus Opposition Leader

Exiled Belarussian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on Thursday urged democratic governments to make Alexei Navalny's death a "red line" with actions and not just "words of support".

International Business Times

Navalny's widow to attend EU foreign affairs council meeting

Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who died in Russian custody, will attend the EU foreign affairs council Monday, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Sunday, as Russian courts jailed dozens of people detained at events commemorating his husband. For many years, Navalnaya insisted…

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Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko signs law giving himself lifelong immunity from prosecution

The law will protect the dictator is he were to leave office

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Putin sends 'condolences' over Prigozhin plane crash

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin as a talented businessman on Thursday and said he wished to express sincere condolences to the families of those who died in a plane crash a day earlier. Putin's words came as Zelensky marked his country's independence day with an address…

France 24

Belarus jails top news site managers for 12 years

Moscow (AFP) - Belarus on Friday handed long jail terms to senior staff at the country's largest independent news site, which was forced to shutter after historic demonstrations against strongman Alexander Lukashenko.

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Belarus sentences exiled critic Tikhanovskaya to 15 years in jail

MOSCOW: Belarus on Monday sentenced exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to 15 years in prison for spearheading historic protests against the former Soviet country's authoritarian leader.

Bangkok Post

Belarus sentences exiled opposition leader Tikhanovskaya to 15 years in prison

A court in Belarus on Monday sentenced exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tikhanovskaya to 15 years in prison after a trial in absentia on charges including conspiring to overthrow the government, the latest move in a months-long effort by the Belarusian government to suppress dissent.

France 24

Belarus jails Nobel winner for 10 years

MOSCOW: Belarus on Friday handed a 10-year jail term to veteran activist Ales Bialiatski, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the authoritarian country's most prominent rights group.

Bangkok Post

Belarus sentences Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison

A court in Belarus on Friday sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported, a verdict likely to be strongly condemned by Western human rights groups.

France 24

Belarus begins trial in absentia of protest leader Tikhanovskaya

Moscow (AFP) - The trial in absentia of Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya began in Minsk on Tuesday as strongman president Alexander Lukashenko cracks down on critics who challenged his three-decade rule.

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Belarus puts exiled opposition leader Tikhanovskaya on trial for treason

Belarus put exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on trial in absentia on treason charges on Tuesday, in what the outspoken critic of veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko said would be a "farce".

AFP

Belarus opposition leader denounces her trial as 'farce'

Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) - Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya called her trial in absentia, set to start on Tuesday, a "farce" and "revenge" from President Alexander Lukashenko, saying she had not been given access to court documents.

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Belarus Nobel Prize winner Bialiatski goes on trial

Moscow (AFP) - Jailed Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski went on trial in Minsk on Thursday in what supporters see as a bid to clamp down on Viasna, Belarus's top rights group, which he founded.

The Independent UK

Jailed Belarus opposition figure ‘in intensive care’

Father says prominent Lukashenko critic was well when he last visited her in October

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Jailed Belarus activist Kolesnikova in intensive care: allies

Moscow (AFP) - Jailed Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova, who is serving a long prison term, has been admitted to intensive care in hospital, her allies said on Tuesday.

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Belarus opposition seeks US technology help

Washington (AFP) - The leader of Belarus' opposition said Friday that the United States is looking at stepping up technological assistance in the struggle against strongman Alexander Lukashenko.

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