In Belarus, red and white are the colors of the protest movement against the country’s authoritarian leader, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko. And even the smallest sign of protest can land a person in jail.

U.S. special envoy Keith Kellogg met Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, the highest-profile visit of a U.S.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko freed another group of political prisoners in the Moscow-allied country, his office said Wednesday, following the surprise release of a key opposition figure ...

TALLINN, Estonia — A human rights activist in Belarus on Thursday began a hunger strike inside prison in the latest protest against the repressive government of Alexander Lukashenko, a rights ...

Updated 4:34 AM EDT, Mon June 26, 2023 Link Copied! ... backing Europe’s longest-running dictator as he faced a wave of street protests. Now Lukashenko appears to have come through for Putin, ...

During the 2023 revolt by the Russian mercenary Wagner Group, Lukashenko acted as mediator between Putin and chief mutineer ...

Mr. Lukashenko has tried to position himself for greater things since he rose to power in 1994. In the late 1990s, he helped create a union-state — a confederation of sorts — between Belarus ...

Belarus has released 14 prisoners, including Syarhey Tsikhanouski, who was detained in May 2020 while attempting to run for ...

Tikhanovskaya, whose husband Sergei Tikhanovsky is in prison and has not been allowed to communicate with her since March 2023, has called on Belarusians not to protest during the vote and to wait ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, pardoned 30 prisoners this week who had been sentenced for "protest-related crimes.". On Wednesday ...

Updated 4:34 AM EDT, Mon June 26, 2023 Link Copied! ... backing Europe’s longest-running dictator as he faced a wave of street protests. Now Lukashenko appears to have come through for Putin, ...