Belarus Human Rights

• Exiled Belarusian opposition leader sentenced to 15 years in prison camp for ‘treason’

  Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya fled to neighboring Lithuania in 2020 after running against incumbent leader Alexander Lukashenko in a presidential election they claim was corrupted.

  World

  Mar 6, 2023
  
• Nobel Peace Prize winner handed 10-year prison sentence in Belarus 

  A Belarusian court on Friday sentenced Ales Bialiatski, Belarus' top human rights advocate and one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, to 10 years in prison.

  World

  Mar 3, 2023
  
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• Belarus leader meets with Putin to secure political support as unrest continues

  Protesters in Belarus have dismissed Lukashenko's reelection for a sixth term in the Aug. 9 vote as rigged.

  World

  Sep 14, 2020