As of 1 July 2025, a total of 147,186 large families have opened deposit accounts in Belarus under the family capital program ...

As of 1 May 2025, a total of 145,880 large families have opened deposit accounts in Belarus under the family capital program, including 82,600 deposit accounts to the total amount of $826 million ...

Beyond celebrating that 14 people gained their freedom lies the ugly reality that there are still 1,186 political prisoners in Belarus.

Sergei Tikhanovsky was kept isolated in bare, tiny cells and tells the BBC that Belarus must free other political prisoners.

VILNIUS - The West needs to keep up pressure on Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko to try to force democratic change, ...

Imprisoned Belarus activist resurfaces after no contact with her family for 20 months - Human rights activists say imprisoned Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova has resurfaced after ...

Aleksandr Lukashenko was first elected President of Belarus 31 years ago: on July 10th, 1994. On the air of SBTV’s Letuchka ...

Siarhei Tsikhanouski and 13 other prisoners have been released from jail and are now free in Lithuania, the neighbouring ...

Siarhei Tsikhanouski, Belarus' key opposition figure, is free after spending nearly five years in jail. His wife, Sviatlena , talks about taking up her husband's mantle after his imprisonment.

Dissidents who have fled Alexander Lukashenko's rule in Belarus have spoken of threats being made against them and their relatives at home. Hundreds of thousands of Belarusians are estimated to have ...

Human rights activists say imprisoned Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova has resurfaced after more than 20 months without any communication from her, and has met with her father.

In September, the European Parliament demanded that Belarus release all political prisoners. Lukashenko, who is seeking a seventh term in an election set for January 2025, has released 146 ...