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Polls open in Belarus with Lukashenko set to extend 30-year rule

AFP, Published on 26/01/2025

» MINSK - Belarusians began voting Sunday, with President Alexander C expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule.

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Jailed Iranian woman wins Nobel Peace Prize

Published on 06/10/2023

» The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Friday to imprisoned rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi, honoured for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran.

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Belarus jails top news site managers for 12 years

AFP, Published on 17/03/2023

» MOSCOW - 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

AFP, Published on 06/03/2023

» 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.

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Belarus jails Nobel winner for 10 years

AFP, Published on 03/03/2023

» 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.

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Ukraine war dominates Nobel year again

AFP, Published on 31/01/2023

» OSLO - From NATO's secretary general to the Ukrainian president, the war in Ukraine dominates the publicly known names submitted by Tuesday's deadline for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Russian activist, 80, fights on despite crackdown

AFP, Published on 27/01/2023

» WASHINGTON: She is 80 years old, the Memorial rights group she co-founded has been shut down, and some of her colleagues have fled Russia fearing arrest under President Vladimir Putin.

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Belarus begins trial in absentia of protest leader Tikhanovskaya

AFP, Published on 18/01/2023

» MOSCOW - 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 Nobel winner Bialiatski goes on trial

Zachary Abuza, Published on 05/01/2023

» MOSCOW: 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.

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Nobel Peace winners slam Putin's 'insane' war

AFP, Published on 10/12/2022

» OSLO: A trio from the three nations at the centre of the war in Ukraine accepted their Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, calling for the fight to continue unabated against Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s “insane and criminal” invasion.