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Protesters with old Belarusian national flags carry a banner reading "athletes with the People" during a Belarusian opposition supporters' rally protesting the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Protests calling for the Belarusian president's resignation have broken out daily since the Aug. 9 presidential election that officials say handed him a sixth term in office. (AP)

Seventeen OSCE nations appoint team to probe Belarus election

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

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a cabinet meeting in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Belarus' Lukashenko set to visit Russia as protests continue in capital

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

A woman shows a photo of bitten detained protesters to riot police at Independence Square during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. Women's marches and demonstrations have become a regular feature of the four weeks of protest that have shaken Belarus following a disputed election that gave Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko a sixth term in office. (AP)

Scores detained as security forces crack down on mass protest in Belarus

Demonstrations have carried on throughout the four weeks since the election, gaining in size on the weekends

07 Sep 2020 1:29 PM

Journalists of Belarusian TUT.BY media outlet hold banners reading "I don't protest but work", "This is me at work", "Freedom for journalists!", from left to right, as they stand in front of police station in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Belarusian journalists face charges for covering protests

The Lukashenko-led government had earlier revoked the accreditation of many Belarusian journalists and deported some foreign journalists

03 Sep 2020 11:13 AM

President Vladimir Putin (right) would host Belarus's authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow "in the next couple of weeks". (AFP)

Putin to host Belarus' Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow

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

Protesters wave old Belarusian national flags standing along a street in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Belarus revokes accreditations of journalists covering protests for foreign media

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 is the founder of NEXTA, a Telegram channel with 2.1 million subscribers that helps mobilise protesters and shares photo and video content from the demonstrations. (AFP)

Young blogger mobilises protest against Belarus dictator

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

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, right, speaks to an officer as he arrives to attend a meeting with military officials in Grodno, Belarus. (AP)

Belarus braces for mass protests as Lukashenko orders army to defend borders

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

A protester holds a sign reading "Violence remains violence despite the mask!" during a demonstration on the contested elections in Belarus in Berlin. (AFP)

Belarus leader says Putin offers help as pressure builds

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

People with old Belarusian National flags lay flowers as they gather at the place where Alexander Taraikovsky died amid the clashes protesting the election results, during his civil funeral in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Several thousand gather in Belarus capital for new protest

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

Police detain an opposition supporter protesting the election results as protesters encounter aggressive police tactics in the capital of Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Thousands stage flower protest in Belarus as EU weighs sanctions

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

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