PEople detained in recent days of unrest in Belarus have told the Guardian about systematic abuse and mistreatment, suggesting that guards and police officers loyal to Alexander Lukashenko’s regime have thousands of Belarusians. Russians have terrorized those caught in the attack on recent protests. Those detained in police stations, prisons …
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Twenty-three-year-old Danya * was sitting with her brother and his wife in Minsk’s Independence Square on Monday, when men dressed in black forced them into a delivery van. The trio wore white ribbons, symbols of opposition to the re-election of the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, who was widely condemned …
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MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian leadership has released thousands of detainees and on Thursday offered a rare public apology in a bid to stop national street protests posing the biggest challenge to President Alexander Lukashenko’s 26-year rule. People greet each other during an opposition match to protest against police violence and …
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On August 9, Presidential Election Day, clashes broke out in Belarus when insurgent police used rubber bullets, flash grenades, tear gas and water cannon to quell protests. Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled for 26 years, claimed he had won a landslide victory in an election assassination by accusations of vote-rigging. …
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday announced that the United States would grant freedom to Belarus, which is being roiled by days of unrest following the disputed re-election of its authoritarian president, and other countries such as Russia, China and Iran that threaten democracy. stelle. “We will continue to …
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