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Mar 20, 2024 · Up to 300,000 Belarusians have been forced to leave since May 2020, the report estimates, with the Government restricting rights of those in exile, including preventing passport issuance abroad and a policy of arresting returnees. “Reportedly, at least 207 persons were arrested in 2023 when returning to Belarus and arrests have continued in 2024.
Belarus is a landlocked, generally flat country (the average elevation is 162 meters (531 ft) above sea level) without natural borders, that occupies an area of 207,600 square kilometers (80,200 sq mi).
Feb 26, 2024 · Belarus for the first time also refused to invite observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to monitor the election. Belarus is a member of the OSCE, a top trans-Atlantic security and rights group, and its monitors have been the only international observers at Belarusian elections for decades.
Jan 25, 2024 · Belarus has conducted mass raids, interrogations and arrests of the friends and relatives of political prisoners, a Belarusian human rights group said, in the regime’s latest crackdown on dissent.
May 15, 2023 · For nearly a week, the whereabouts of Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko have been a mystery. The 68-year-old was seen last week at a Victory Day parade in Moscow’s Red Square looking pale, tired and bloated, and skipped a Kremlin breakfast. When he missed an appearance for another holiday Sunday in Minsk, that fed more speculation he was ill. On Monday, photos and video ...
Feb 25, 2024 · Polls have opened in Belarus’s tightly controlled parliamentary and local elections that are expected to cement the rule of the country’s authoritarian leader, despite calls for a boycott from ...
Feb 25, 2024 · Belarus provided logistical support for Russia’s invading army and allowed its territory to be used as a staging ground for an abortive Russian thrust toward Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.
