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To provide for the promotion of democracy, human rights, and rule of law in the Republic of Belarus and for the consolidation and strengthening of Belarus sovereignty and independence. Be it enacted ...
News Belarus » Government: Belarus compares LGBTQ+ people to pedophiles in new anti-propaganda law
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko signed legislation on Wednesday that outlaws the “propaganda of homosexual relations, gender change, refusal to have children, and pedophilia,” providing new ...
News Belarus » Government: Belarus targets dozens of government critics with raids and detention, advocates say
TALLINN, Estonia — Authorities in Belarus unleashed a new wave of raids and detentions against government critics who took part in opposition rallies abroad earlier this year, officials and rights ...
News Belarus » Government: Belarus frees Nobel Prize laureate Bialiatski, opposition figure Kolesnikova as US lifts sanctions
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Belarus freed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova and dozens of other political prisoners on Saturday, capping two days of ...
News Belarus » Government: Belarus's Lukashenka Is Trying To Win Over Gen Z On TikTok
MINSK -- "What's wrong with that cow?" Belarus's hard-line leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka asks a deeply-uncomfortable-looking official. "[It's] barely alive." The clip -- both humorous and chilling at ...
News Belarus » Government: UN experts: Belarus government committed crimes against humanity to suppress opposition
The UN Group of Independent Experts on the Human Rights Situation in Belarus reported on Friday that the Belarusian government committed widespread human rights violations, including crimes against ...
News Belarus » Government: Big Tech and authoritarian states: Belarus
In the latest GV podcast, we discussed why Russia restricts access to many social media services, while Belarus does not impose comparable restrictions; censorship, surveillance, and digital ...
News Belarus » Government: Belarus targets government critics with continued raids and detention, activists say
Authorities in Belarus unleashed a new wave of raids and detentions against government critics who took part in opposition rallies abroad earlier this year, officials and rights advocates said on ...
News Belarus » Government: Exiled media fight to keep Belarusian language alive
While the Belarusian government continues a long-running clampdown on use of the Belarusian language, exiled news outlets are leading the fight to keep their language — and cultural identity — alive.
News Belarus » Government: Belarus targets dozens of government critics with raids and detention, advocates say
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian President Vladimir Putin, front, embraces Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during their visit to the Smolensky ...
News Belarus » Government: Belarus targets dozens of government critics with raids and detention, advocates say
Russian President Vladimir Putin, front, embraces Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during their visit to the Smolensky Skete of Valaam Monastery at Valaam island in Ladoga lake, Republic of ...