Andrei Ausievich, left, and Vadzim Ermashuk, in Warsaw. Both were imprisoned in Belarus. “Back then, I believed in the law — I thought if you didn’t break it, you wouldn’t go to jail,” Mr. Ausievich ...

"The people in Belarus had no choice. It is a bitter day for all those who long for freedom and democracy. Instead of free and fair elections and a life without fear and arbitrariness, they ...

Last month, the Belarusian government pardoned and released 14 prisoners, but at least 60 more people were arrested on ...

In Belarus, another member of the country's opposition has been detained by security agents — the latest in a series of disappearances that have prompted the country's most famous living author ...

The Belarus president and the Belarusian people have been congratulated by the leaders of Russia, China, Kazakhstan, ...

In the decades since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, as the world has reckoned with the unintended effects of nuclear power, a group of people in Belarus has quietly lived out its consequences.

Belarus does have an established asylum system. There are 303 people with refugee status in Belarus, mainly from Afghanistan, Georgia and Syria, according to UNHCR figures as of October.

People from all walks of life in Belarus face imprisonment, torture, and murder for daring to want to live in a democratic country. The renowned artist Ales Pushkin died from “unclear ...

But we know the mood in Belarus: People will not participate in Putin’s war—more than 86 percent of Belarusians are against it. And nobody wants to become enemies with Ukraine.

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya told Euronews that her country might be used as a launchpad to attack and invade the Baltic states, but the people of Belarus will not go to war ...

Item 1 of 3 Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled opposition Belarus leader who ran against President Alexander Lukashenko in the 2020 election, speaks to Reuters ahead of Belarus' 2025 election in ...