Belarus election is poised to extend the 30-year rule of 'Europe's last dictator'
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule ...
What another Lukashenko ‘victory’ will mean for Europe’s security – and that of Belarus’ citizenry
Belarus under Lukashenko has become embroiled in the battle between NATO-backed Western Europe and Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Meanwhile, Belarus’ record on human rights – and its complicity in Russia’s ...
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Belarus election likely extends Lukashenko's 30-year authoritarian rule
In the 2020 presidential election, Lukashenko claimed an 80% victory, leading to accusations of fraud, widespread protests, and a brutal crackdown that saw thousands arrested ...
Tractors, Forests, Nuclear Weapons: Five Things About Belarus
Belarus is holding a presidential election on Sunday that will secure another five-year mandate for Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over three decades and crushed all opposition.
At the Poland-Belarus border, security and migration merge into one
Poland has reframed the debate on migration through the lenses of national security, forcing the EU to change its tune. View ...
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Belarus hosts around 8,000 visa-waiver visitors from Europe since start of 2025
Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland. A total of 1,039,954 European residents have visited Belarus since 15 April 2022.
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Poland wants the EU focused on security. Its border with Belarus highlights the challenges
As Europe’s biggest land war in decades rages, fewer places highlight the challenges and contradictions of defending the bloc and its values more starkly than the border with Belarus.
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A dark year for media in Belarus, and SLAPP cases increase in Europe
A free expression round-up produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Cathal Sheerin, based on IFEX member reports and news from the ...
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Belarus’ strongman leader pardons 20 more prisoners, but rights groups say repression continues
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 20 more people that rights activists describe as political prisoners, a statement on the president’s ...