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The Latest Breaking News from Alexander Lukashenko

As Belarusians vote in ‘sham’ polls, Lukashenko reveals re-election plan

As opposition boycotts parliamentary and local vote, the president in power since 1994 says he intends to run next year.

Al Jazeera

Belarusian election 2024: how does it work and who are the candidates?

Candidates for the presidency include Oleg Gaidukevich, who is blacklisted by the EU

Evening Standard

‘Peck the bait!’ The political messages hidden in Eurovision songs

As Israel’s 2024 entry is scrutinised, we look at the times when songs got around the contest’s impartiality rules

The Guardian - UK

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Belarus Clergy Face Repression Amid Political Unrest

Clergy members in Belarus face repression for involvement in protests, with new laws tightening control over religious organizations. International critici...

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Ukraine Presses Russia For Proof Over POW Deaths

Ukraine on Saturday pressed Russia to provide proof that a military plane shot down earlier in the week had been carrying dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war, as it claimed.

International Business Times

Belarus political prisoner dies after authorities fail to provide him with medical care, group says

A human rights group says that a political prisoner has died in prison in Belarus after authorities failed to provide him with proper medical care

The Independent UK

OSCE laments Belarus' refusal to allow its monitors to observe February's parliamentary vote

A top trans-Atlantic security and rights watchdog is criticizing Belarus’ refusal to allow the group to observe its parliamentary vote, saying that it defies the country’s international obligations

The Independent UK

Belarus' authoritarian leader tightens control over the country's religious groups

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a law into effect that significantly tightens control over various religious denominations and organizations

The Independent UK

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko signs law giving himself lifelong immunity from prosecution

The law will protect the dictator is he were to leave office

Evening Standard

A guide to all the world elections taking place in 2024, democracy's biggest year

From the UK and USA to Russia and Ukraine, more than 1.5 billion people will head to the polls this year in a record-breaking number of national elections. Emma Loffhagen unpacks what we can expect from democracy's biggest year

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More Ukrainian children from Russia-held regions arrive in Belarus despite outrage

Belarus' authoritarian president attended a government-organized meeting with children brought from Russia-controlled areas of Ukraine, openly defying an international outrage over such deportations.

The Independent UK

More Ukrainian children from Ukraine's Russia-held regions arrive in Belarus despite global outrage

Belarus' authoritarian leader has attended a meeting with children from Russia-controlled areas of Ukraine, openly defying an international outrage over his country's involvement in Moscow’s deportation of Ukrainian children

The Independent UK

Russian nuclear weapons shipments to Belarus completed, says president Lukashenko

It is first time Russia has deployed nuclear weapons to bases outside its own borders, and has sparked concern among neighbouring Nato member states

The Independent UK

Belarus leader says Russian nuclear weapons shipments are completed, raising concern in the region

The president of Belarus says Russia has completed its shipments of short-range, tactical nuclear weapons to his country, an initiative that has raised strong concerns in neighboring Poland and elsewhere in the region

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Belarusian Activist Reveals Torture in Lukashenko's Political Prisons

Leanid Sudalenka recounts his harrowing experience in a Belarusian penal colony. He reveals brutal conditions faced by political prisoners.

The Independent UK

Belarus political prisoners face abuse, no medical care and isolation, former inmate says

A human rights activist imprisoned for three years in Belarus accused authorities of holding political prisoners in conditions amounting to “torture.”

The Independent UK

2 journalists are detained in Belarus as part of a crackdown on dissent

A Belarusian journalists association has reported that two journalists have been detained in Belarus

International Business Times

US Sanctions Belarus Red Cross Chief Over Ukraine Child Deportations

The U.S. unveiled sanctions Tuesday against the head of the Belarus Red Cross, accusing him of being complicit in the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.

The Independent UK

China's Xi welcomes President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus to Beijing

Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke of a “strengthened political mutual trust and international coordination” with Belarus after he met with the European country’s president in Beijing on Monday, according to official media

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Poland will demand EU restores permits for Ukrainian truckers as first vehicles cross border – as it happened

Polish prime minister says ‘we will strongly and unequivocally’ demand restoration of permits in de-escalation of border trade blockade

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 649

Ukraine investigates alleged ‘execution’ of Ukrainian soldiers trying to surrender; Volodymyr Zelenskiy reports ‘intense battles’ at dozens of locations

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