Victim of raid on flat in Minsk in which one officer also killed named locally as Andrei Zeltser, age 31A 31-year-old man shot dead by Belarusian security forces this week in a raid on an apartment block in the capital Minsk was an employee of the US-b…
Four migrants stuck on Poland-Belarus border die of hypothermia and exhaustion
Minsk accused of abandoning migrants at frontier in attempt to put pressure on EUFour people stranded on the border between Poland and Belarus have died in recent days, officials have said, amid continuing allegations that Minsk is abandoning migrants …
Fears grow for Afghan refugees stuck in ‘Kafkaesque’ Poland-Belarus standoff
Lukashenko accused of encouraging refugees to come to Belarus in retaliation for Brussels sanctionsAfghanistan – live updatesFears are growing for a group of Afghan refugees who fled their country last month and made their way to Europe, only to find …
Belarus repression and the Taliban advance: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A round-up of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Thailand to Mexico Continue reading…
New wave of arrests in Belarus as more than 20 detained in two days
Opposition figure, lawyers and former envoy among latest detained in six cities a year after disputed presidential pollBelarusian authorities have detained more than 20 people in the latest wave of arrests, continuing their sweeping crackdown on dissen…
Belarus exiles fear the long arm of the vengeful dictator in Minsk
The attempt to ‘kidnap’ an Olympic sprinter and the suspicious death of an activist are signs of growing oppression It is a fraught and dangerous time to be a Belarusian activist or dissident abroad, where the scrambling of a MiG-29 to ground a Ryanai…
The support group at the heart of Belarus’s sporting resistance
The Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation offers aid to dissident athletes while organising opposition to the regime’s sportwashing effortsIOC strips two Belarus Olympic coaches of accreditation over Tsimanouskaya scandalWhen Belarusian officials trie…
Is Alexander Lukashenko trying out the ‘madman’ theory of foreign policy?
The Belarusian dictator’s unpredictability is unsettling opponents and allies alike. He must be checkedThese have been busy times for the rogue state of Belarus.In recent days, an opposition activist, Vitaly Shyshov, was found dead – hanging from a tre…
Belarus exile group leader Vitaly Shishov found dead in Kyiv, police say
Police open murder investigation after activist discovered in park after failing to return from a run The head of a Kyiv-based non-profit organisation that helps Belarusians fleeing persecution has been found dead in a park in the Ukrainian capital, po…
IOC gives Belarus deadline to explain why sprinter refused to go home
International Olympic Committee is waiting for a report from Belarusian counterparts on the incident involving Krystsina TsimanouskayaThe International Olympic Committee (IOC) has launched an investigation into the case of sprinter Krystsina Tsimanousk…