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Belarus frees protest leader Kolesnikova, Nobel winner Bialiatski
AFP, Published on 14/12/2025
» VILNIUS - Belarusian street protest leader Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski walked free on Saturday with 121 other political prisoners released in an unprecedented US-brokered deal.
Belarus frees 123 political prisoners
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/12/2025
» Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the release of 123 political prisoners, pushing his opponents into exile hours after the United States announced it would lift sanctions on his country’s potash industry.
Fate of three trapped miners in Spain unknown
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» SURIA, Spain: The fate of three miners trapped deep underground at a potash mine in Spain was unclear Thursday after a tweet by a regional leader confirming their deaths was deleted.
US, Europe expand Belarus sanctions for 'orchestrating' migrant crisis
AFP, Published on 03/12/2021
» WASHINGTON - The United States, Canada and European allies stepped up pressure Thursday on the regime of Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko, widening sanctions on officials and businesses for allegedly stoking a migration crisis for political reasons.
Putin throws weight behind Belarus strongman
AFP, Published on 28/05/2021
» MOSCOW: Russia on Friday threw its weight behind Belarus's increasingly isolated regime, slamming a European overflight ban as President Vladimir Putin prepared to host strongman Alexander Lukashenko.
EU could hit key Belarus exports over plane 'hijacking': Borrell
AFP, Published on 27/05/2021
» LISBON - The EU is intent on making Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pay a high price for the forced landing of a European airliner to arrest regime opponents, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told AFP.
Defiant Lukashenko defends plane diversion, blasts critics
AFP, Published on 26/05/2021
» MINSK: A defiant President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday defended Belarus's diversion of a European flight and arrest of a dissident on board, lashing out at critics at home and abroad.
Baltic states ban Lukashenko amid crackdown on opposition
AFP, Published on 01/09/2020
» MINSK - The Baltic states on Monday banned embattled Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko as he cracked down further on the opposition movement following another huge rally at the weekend.
Belarus cracks down on opposition leaders with detentions
AFP, Published on 24/08/2020
» MINSK - Police in Belarus arrested protest and strike organisers on Monday as authorities cracked down on opposition leaders after the latest unprecedented demonstration against President Alexander Lukashenko's disputed re-election.
Belarus workers chant 'Leave' at Lukashenko as anger mounts over vote
AFP, Published on 17/08/2020
» MINSK - Workers at a state-run factory confronted Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko with chants of "Leave!" on Monday as pressure built on the strongman to step down over a disputed election.