News: Belarus

We have started to collect the most important news related to Belarus in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• December 1st 2020 – September 16th 2020
• September 16th 2020 – August 23rd 2020
• August 21st 2020 – July 31st 2020
• July 30th 2020 – July 25th 2018
• May 14th 2018 – September 12th 2016
• September 8th 2016 – February 22nd 2015
• February 19th 2015 – September 20th 2014
• September 5th 2014 – February 24th 2013
• February 22nd 2013 – April 16th 2012
• March 19th 2012 – June 9th 2011
• June 1st 2011 – January 27th 2011
• January 27th 2011 – September 27th 2010
• September 4th 2010 – October 15th 2008
• October 14th 2008 – November 14th 2007
• October 19th 2007 – December 29th 2006
• December 28th 2006 – March 30th 2006
• March 28th 2006 – February 16th 2006
• January 21st 2006 – December 2nd 2005

Belarus: news

A police officer with a conscience who left Belarus

Tuesday, December 1st 2020, 0:32
related countries: Barbados, Poland, Russia

Andrei Ostapovich quit his job as a Belarusian police officer, was detained in Russia, then escaped to Poland.
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Belarus: The exile sacrificing everything for her country

Thursday, November 26th 2020, 10:23

Three months on from the Belarus election, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya reflects on how her life has changed.
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Children mimic street brutality in the playgrounds of Belarus

Sunday, November 22nd 2020, 0:59

Violence is being copied in children's games, raising fears that months of protests have affected the young.
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Belarus protesters battered, bruised but defiant after 100 days

Tuesday, November 17th 2020, 0:45

Relentless police brutality has not cowed protesters holding mass rallies in Belarus.
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EU slaps sanctions on Belarus leader Lukashenko for crackdown

Friday, November 6th 2020, 18:07

President Lukashenko and security chiefs join a long list of officials under EU sanctions.
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Belarus protests: The turtle 'anthem' protesters sing in Belarus

Sunday, November 1st 2020, 0:01

How music has featured prominently in the protests calling for President Lukashenko to step down.
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Belarus protests: National opposition strike gains momentum

Monday, October 26th 2020, 16:03
related places: Minsk

A strike by workers and students puts more pressure on President Lukashenko to quit.
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Police attack anti-Lukashenko protesters with stun grenades in Belarus

Sunday, October 25th 2020, 18:02

The opposition pledged a nationwide strike on Monday if President Alexander Lukashenko did not resign.
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Belarus: Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel winner and opposition figure, goes to Germany

Monday, September 28th 2020, 16:17
related countries: Germany

Svetlana Alexievich's aide says the trip to Germany is not linked to the Belarus political crisis.
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Belarus: Mass arrests at protests for President Lukashenko to resign

Sunday, September 27th 2020, 17:18

Belarus police make mass arrests as tens of thousands of people again gathered for protests calling on Alexander Lukashenko to go.
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Belarus protests: Opposition icon Nina Bahinskaya, 73, bundled into van

Saturday, September 26th 2020, 19:52

Nina Bahinskaya was again among dozens of women detained at a rally against Belarus's president.
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Belarus: Video shows protester's 'taxi escape' from police

Thursday, September 24th 2020, 11:19

Demonstrations have continued in Belarus since the president declared victory in last month's election.
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Belarus: Mass protests after Lukashenko secretly sworn in

Wednesday, September 23rd 2020, 21:44

The opposition describes the inauguration ceremony in the capital Minsk as a "thieves' meeting".
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Belarus protests: Opposition icon, 73, among hundreds detained in Minsk

Saturday, September 19th 2020, 17:16
related places: Minsk

Nina Bahinskaya had joined a women's march in Minsk as protests against the president continue.
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Belarus: Jailed protest leader Maxim Znak on hunger strike

Friday, September 18th 2020, 16:52

The move by a top dissident comes as UN officials deplore rights abuses in Belarus.
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Belarus protests: Women try to unmask those detaining protesters

Thursday, September 17th 2020, 23:30

Women want to hold to account the masked people picking protesters off the street in Belarus.
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Belarus protests: Maria Kolesnikova charged under security law

Wednesday, September 16th 2020, 20:54

Maria Kolesnikova is said to have refused to leave Belarus after leading anti-government rallies.
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