After more than three years in a Belarus prison, RFE/RL journalist Andrey Kuznechyk says a "weight has been lifted" from his ...

The Belarusian opposition leader said peace talks on Ukraine should not just concern Russian troops in Ukraine but also those ...

Serious human rights violations remain rampant in Belarus, United Nations investigators said Friday, adding that some of the ...

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MINSK, February 13. /TASS/. The latest Belarusian move to free a US national has not been the only request from Washington, the press secretary of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Natalia ...

Washington — At least one U.S. citizen who had been detained in Belarus was released Wednesday, the United States’ top hostage negotiator said, one of three prisoners being freed.

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

US Envoy for Hostages Adam Boehler said in a CNN interview that one American was among the three detainees. He said that ...

Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s autocratic president and Russia’s closest ally, has taken steps to soften his country’s ...

Andrey Kuznechyk, a journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was one of those released from a Belarusian prison after ...

An American is one of three hostages released from Belarus, the White House has announced. The identity of the hostage has ...