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 ...

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

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 ...

With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” is all but certain to add a seventh term.

Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has been in power for more than 30 years and just won another election widely ...

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 today, with President Alexander Lukashenko ... is largely state-planned and Lukashenko scrapped Belarus’s white-red-white flag in the 1990s – which has since become ...

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 ...