Belarus News News Belarus » People: Belarus convicts at least 419 people for supporting Ukraine during Russia’s full-scale war
At least 419 people have been convicted in Belarus in cases linked to support for Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, human rights centre Viasna reports.
News Belarus » People: 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 » People: Belarus Weekly: EU seeks to criminalize sanctions circumvention, standardizing penalties across member states
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Following sham elections, Belarus revives the All-Belarus People's Assembly – crafted as a sanctuary for dictator Alexander ...
News Belarus » People: Belarus marks People’s Unity Day
Belarus is celebrating today one of its primary state holidays – Day of People’s Unity. The holiday marks a milestone historical event: the 1939 reunification of Western Belarus and the BSSR. It was ...
News Belarus » People: Poles help people of Belarus, recalling own past
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Volha Starastsina saw no choice but to flush her work down the police station toilet. That was the only place the Belarusian journalist could hide TV footage after being detained ...
News Belarus » People: Belarus requires the idle to pay for not working
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Under a new measure in Belarus, people who work less than half the year will have to pay the government for their idleness. The parliament on Wednesday passed the proposal by ...
News Belarus » People: Belarus: Release of 52 prisoners “welcome” but without accountability repression persists
Reacting to the release of 52 people imprisoned under politically motivated charges, including journalists, independent trade union leaders and activists, in Belarus, Anna Wright, Regional Researcher ...
News Belarus » People: Belarus opposition leader urges people to avoid protesting against election
OTTAWA, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The exiled leader of the Belarusian opposition is advising people in the Eastern European nation not to protest against elections in January, saying it is too risky to ...
News Belarus » People: Chairman of Union of Poles in Belarus: People’s Unity Day brings together people of different nationalities
MINSK, 14 September (BelTA) - People’s Unity Day is the country’s youngest state holiday, but it is precisely this holiday that unites people of all nationalities into one nation, Chairman of the ...