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Man awaiting trial for insulting Belarusian president dies in jail
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian man who was in jail awaiting trial on charges of insulting the authoritarian president has died in custody, the country's leading human rights group said Thursday. Aliaksandr Kulinich, 51, died Tuesday in a detention center in the western city...
Exiled Belarus opposition leader demands news of her imprisoned husband
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Friday marched to the country's embassy in Lithuania, holding a photo of her imprisoned husband and demanding information about him after a year of being incommunicado. Siarhei Tsikhanouski is...
Mourners honor woman who was raped and killed in Poland's capital after fleeing Belarus
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Mourners in Poland paid tribute Wednesday evening to a young Belarusian woman who died after being attacked and raped on the streets of Warsaw last month, a crime that has shocked the country. In recent years, the Polish capital has become a hub for...
UN experts call on authorities in Belarus to pardon a cancer-stricken imprisoned opposition leader
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Experts from the U.N. Human Rights Commission appealed to Belarusian authorities on Monday to pardon an opposition politician diagnosed with a severe form of cancer while in prison. Ryhor Kastusiou, 66, the leader of the Belarusian Popular Front, or BPF,...
Belarus' election reinforces the authoritarian leader's 30-year rule. Only loyalists could run
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Monday announced preliminary results from parliamentary and local elections in which only candidates loyal to the country's authoritarian leader were allowed to compete and the opposition called for a boycott. The vote further...
Belarusians vote in a tightly controlled election as the opposition calls for its boycott
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Sunday's tightly controlled parliamentary and local elections in Belarus are set to cement the hard-line rule of the country’s authoritarian leader, despite a prominent opposition leader's call for a boycott. President Alexander Lukashenko has ruled...
Yulia Navalnaya once avoided the limelight. Now she's Russia’s newest opposition leader
LONDON (AP) — Yulia Navalnaya used to avoid the cameras, staying in the background while her husband rose to become Russia’s most prominent opposition figure and President Vladimir Putin’s greatest foe. But following the death in prison last week of Alexei Navalny, she stepped...
Rights center says Belarusian authorities have arrested scores of people in latest crackdown
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Tuesday arrested several dozen people in raids marking the latest in a relentless crackdown on dissent, a local human rights center said. The Viasna center said that at least 64 people were detained across Belarus on charges of...
