Belarus Courts the West as Its Opposition Keeps Fighting

Will Trump Help to Release All Political Prisoners in Belarus?

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko recently released two groups of political prisoners, including his outspoken critic Sergei Tikhanovsky. The move coincided with a visit by Keith Kellogg, President Trump’s envoy for Ukraine—part of official U.S. visits to Belarus under the Trump administration. The timing fueled hopes of a thaw in relations between Minsk and the West, with speculation that the release of all political prisoners might foll…

Belarus courts the west as its opposition keeps fighting

With so many political prisoners still behind bars, Lukashenko’s selective pardons fall far short of systemic change. Yet they signal a calculated bid to shed pariah status and rebalance Belarus’s dependence on Russia and Vladimir Putin.

UN Experts Demand Probes Into Deaths of Political Detainees in Belarus Prisons

UN Experts Demand Probes Into Deaths of Political Detainees in Belarus Prisons A group of United Nations independent experts has urgently called for credible, transparent, and independent investigations into the suspicious deaths of several political detainees in Belarusian custody. These individuals, identified by human rights defenders as political prisoners, died while serving sentences or shortly after release, under circumstances that sugge…

UN experts demand probe into Belarus deaths in custody

GENEVA (AFP) : United Nations experts on Wednesday demanded transparent investigations into the deaths of people detained in Belarus for voicing political dissent. Ruled by President Alexander Lukashenko since 1994, Belarus has outlawed all genuine opposition parties and faces accusations of persecuting dissidents. “Over the past four years, several individuals identified by human rights defenders as political prisoners have died in custody or s…