Belarus opposition holds mass rally in Minsk despite ban

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Minsk Opposition ... the end" in the protests. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said she doesn't think she's the next leader of Belarus Tens of ... Read More

Belarus opposition threatens Lukashenko with mass strike

Pensioners held a rally in Minsk on Monday to protest against Mr Lukashenko Belarus's opposition ... 186 were detained on Monday, according to Russian news agency TASS. Those protests followed ... Read More

Belarus opposition rally attracts thousands despite crackdown

Belarus ban on election challengers stirs protests Ms Tikhanovskaya ... gathered in a square in Minsk for what the AFP news agency said was the largest opposition protest in the ex-Soviet country ... Read More

Belarus protests: Mum's search for detained teenage poll observer

There have now been two weeks of strikes and protests since ... of those detained is a Darina, 19, a law student who was observing the election in Minsk. She told her story to the BBC's Jonah ... Read More

No one detained during opposition protests in Minsk on Sunday - interior ministry

According to Belarusian Interior Ministry Spokeswoman Olga Chemodanova, it is difficult to say how many people took part in Sunday’s opposition March of New Belarus MINSK, August 23. /TASS/. Read More

Belarus opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova’s family hasn’t heard from her in a year

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — It’s been a year since the family of imprisoned Belarusian opposition ... 2020): Minsk march draws 100,000 as Belarus enters seventh week of election protests And ... Read More

Belarus protests: Women try to unmask those detaining protesters

In Belarus, it's now almost six weeks since the ... More than 1,000 people have been detained with many of them emerging with stories of being tortured. Most of the detentions are carried out ... Read More

Belarus: A climate of fear for opposition activists

The mass street protests ... linked to the opposition movement and hundreds of people are now behind bars. Sarah Rainsford and Matthew Goddard have just returned from Minsk where they’ve been ... Read More

Belarus protests: The demonstrators speaking out in new and creative ways

Demonstrators in Belarus face police brutality and possible detention for participating in protests against the disputed August presidential election. So, from flash mobs to courtyard singing ... Read More

Belarus: Opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya speaks from exile

The Belarusian opposition leader ... peacefully over the weekend while accusing the authorities of turning the protests into a "bloodbath". Tikhanovskaya fled to Lithuania following the ... Read More

Belarus protests: 'There is more faith than fear'

Tens of thousands of people have taken part in a mass rally in Belarus, demanding the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko. Recent protests ... and leader of the opposition Mary Lou ... Read More

Belarus’ opposition not likely to stage protests during constitutional referendum - expert

According to Dmitry Ofitserov-Belsky, a senior research fellow of the Primakov Institute of World Economy ... TASS/. Belarus’ opposition is unlikely to stage large-scale protests during the ... Read More