Belarus’ opposition-leader-in-exile Sviatlana ... The Interior Ministry released a video showing the drills with helmeted police in black riot gear beating their shields with truncheons in ...

A journalist was among at least three people jailed in Belarus who the White House said Wednesday were released following a ...

Human rights groups and Belarusians say they see no signs that Alexander Lukashenko is preparing to loosen his iron grip on ...

Kengerli is still in police custody and reportedly ill ... Like many of the young protesters in Minsk and across Belarus this month, Raisky and the Kengerlis were born during Lukashenko’s ...

The list of what police view as "extremist material," which is regularly updated by the Interior Ministry, includes numerous websites of independent media that are banned in Belarus. Simply ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Polish police fired water cannons at hundreds of migrants stranded at its border checkpoint with Belarus. The European Union has accused the Belarusian government ...

A leading opposition figure in Belarus has gone missing, shortly after witnesses said she was bundled by masked men into a minibus in Minsk. Maria Kolesnikova's whereabouts are unknown.

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

A presidential election will be held in Belarus on August 9. On August 4, an early vote kicked off, which will last until August 8. Five candidates are running for the top post - incumbent ...

Belarus police crackdown on mass protests against strongman president after election Belarus police fired water cannons, tear gas and stun grenades in a crackdown on protests that erupted on ...