Panasyuk, recently freed after four years in prison, described torture and forced psychiatric treatment in custody ...

Alexander Lukashenko is expected to extend his 31-year rule with 87.6% of the vote, according to an exit poll broadcast on ...

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner ... and pushed for abandoning the country’s red-and-white national flag ...

(AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov) A woman covers herself with an old Belarusian national flag while shouting at police during a protest near the residence of President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, Belarus, ...

Unpredictable, authoritarian and staunchly pro-Russian, Belarusian leader Alexander ... the flag to resemble its Soviet-era design and giving him the right to dissolve parliament. Lukashenko ...

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

Belarusians began voting on Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. Lukashenko -- a ...

Reclusive Moscow-allied Belarus will hold a presidential election Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko set ... country ...

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared ... country’s red-and-white national flag in favor of one similar to what ...

Unpredictable, authoritarian and staunchly pro-Russian, Belarusian leader Alexander ... Republic, Lukashenko held management positions at various state-run collective farms before being elected to the ...

Alexander Lukashenko is expected to extend his 31-year rule of Belarus with 87.6% of the vote ... the country’s red-and-white national flag in favour of one similar to what it used as a Soviet ...