Minsk prevented the deployment of OSCE election observers by not inviting them and has ignored repeated offers by the OSCE chairman to visit
18 Sep 2020 9:21 AM
The post-election protests have attracted the biggest crowds on Sundays, when up to 200,000 people have flooded the streets of Minsk
12 Sep 2020 10:06 AM
Kolesnikova, one of the last figures still in the country leading mass protests against President Lukashenko, was detained at the border
09 Sep 2020 11:23 AM
Demonstrations have carried on throughout the four weeks since the election, gaining in size on the weekends
07 Sep 2020 1:29 PM
The Lukashenko-led government had earlier revoked the accreditation of many Belarusian journalists and deported some foreign journalists
03 Sep 2020 11:13 AM
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit Minsk on Thursday, after weeks of protests against a disputed presidential election
02 Sep 2020 3:54 PM
Lukashenko had earlier threatened to expel foreign journalists, accusing them of inciting protests against him before the election
30 Aug 2020 9:13 AM
Stepan Svetlov's NEXTA Live, a Telegram channel with 2.1 mm subscribers helps mobilise protesters and shares information from the ground
29 Aug 2020 9:41 AM
Belarus' opposition says the poll was rigged and the EU, among others, disputes the results
28 Aug 2020 3:37 PM
Since the crackdown in Belarus, Lithuania and Poland have eased coronavirus restrictions to allow in people on 'humanitarian grounds'
28 Aug 2020 9:30 AM
The president denounced mass protests, which he said were receiving support from Western countries, and ordered army to defend the borders
23 Aug 2020 12:15 PM
The app helped coordinate mass protests since the results of the ‘rigged’ election that seeks to extend Alexander Lukashenko's 26-year rule.
21 Aug 2020 3:59 PM
The European Union has called an emergency virtual summit on Wednesday, as it explores how to help Belarus
19 Aug 2020 6:03 PM
Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus for 26 years, is facing an unprecedented challenge to his leadership
17 Aug 2020 9:45 AM
Russia is Belarus's closest ally and the countries have formed a "union state" linking their economies and militaries
16 Aug 2020 11:28 AM
A large crowd had formed in the capital in honour of a protester who died there during this week's police crackdown on demonstrators
15 Aug 2020 5:17 PM
At least two protesters have died and around 6,700 were detained this week in the crackdown, which followed Lukashenko's re-election win
14 Aug 2020 3:16 PM
UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet condemned the detention of 6,000 people, 'including bystanders, as well as minors'
13 Aug 2020 10:36 AM
Human rights group says over 100 protesters are detained, who claim the elections are rigged
10 Aug 2020 1:52 PM
Thousands of opposition supporters quickly took to the streets of the capital to protest what they saw as official manipulation of the vote
10 Aug 2020 10:00 AM