Political opponents and journalists willing to challenge Lukashenka’s sham election face prison, exile or worse – but they ...

Belarusian authorities have released an imprisoned U.S. citizen, a Belarusian journalist for a U.S.-funded media outlet and ...

The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The ...

Britain and Canada have imposed sanctions targeting the regime of Belarus' dictator president, Alexander Lukashenko, ...

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.

Aleksandr Lukashenko has awarded himself a seventh term as president of Belarus, with the West calling the so-called vote a ...

Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in ... Lukashenko was dubbed “Europe’s last dictator” early in his tenure, and he has lived up to that nickname, harshly silencing dissent and ...

Keeping Belarus out of the war was a major factor ... cabinet” , tasked with“ensuring the transition of power from dictatorship to democracy, and promoting fair and free elections”.

Belarus concludes its presidential election ... The 70-year old authoritarian leader is frequently dubbed "Europe's last dictator", and many of his political opponents are either imprisoned ...