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Emaciated after 5 years in prison, Belarusian dissident Tsikhanouski vows to fight on

Belarusian dissident Siarhei Tsihanouski says he was held in solitary confinement, in conditions similar to torture, during five years in prison

The Independent UK

Starmer welcomes release of Belarusian opposition leader’s husband

Siarhei Tsikhanouski is a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Evening Standard

Exclusive: Belarus releases political prisoners, including opposition leader Siarhei Tsikhanouski

The Belarus president pardoned several prisoners on Saturday during the visit of US special envoy Keith Kellogg in a move to ease tensions with the West.

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Belarus opposition leader Siarhei Tsikhanouski freed from jail, says wife

Tsikhanousk’s arrest and activism sparked unprecedented protests in Belarus, challenging Lukashenko’s decades-long rule.

Al Jazeera

‘My husband is free!’ Belarus opposition leader freed after nearly five years in jail

Syarhei Tsikhanouski arrested shortly after announcing candidacy in rigged 2020 election won by Lukashenko

The Guardian - UK

Tsikhanouskaya says Lukashenka 'cannot be trusted' if US envoy travels to Belarus

US envoy Keith Kellogg is reportedly due to travel to Minsk to discuss Russia's war in Ukraine with Belarus President Aliaksandr Lukashenka.

Euronews

Russia might use Belarus to attack the Baltics, but Belarusians will not do it, Tsikhanouskaya says

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 against their neighbours.

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Belarus opens case against an 78-year-old activist who became a symbol of the pro-democracy movement

Authorities in Belarus have opened a criminal case against the 78-year-old activist who became the face of the country’s pro-democracy protests in 2020

The Independent UK

Dictators only understand language of 'power or strength', says Tsikhanouskaya

Belarus could be used as a launchpad for attacks on Ukraine and Western neighbours, Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya warned on The Europe Conversation.

Euronews

Lukashenko sworn in again as Belarus' president, tells critics 'You have no future'

Lukashenko marked three decades in power last year and his political opponents have denounced the tightly orchestrated presidential election on 26 January as a farce.

Euronews

Belarus' opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya says regime change just a matter of time

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya told Euronews that although the protest movement in Belarus has gone mostly underground, people are preparing and "will be ready" to topple the regime at first opportunity.

Euronews

Tsikhanouskaya: Sacrificing Ukraine’s interests now will allow another invasion

The threat of Russia attacking EU and NATO states from the territory of Belarus should be taken very seriously, Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya told Euronews. She says that will depend on whether Ukraine's interests are sacrificed now.

Euronews

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on culture as a tool for political change

IT’S a dreich day in Vilnius as the taxi crosses from the historic Old Town, with its churches, museums, restaurants, and cobbled streets, to the…

The National (Scotland)

Belarus frees three detainees including US citizen and journalist

Journalist with US-funded broadcaster among those in release hailed by ambassador as ‘big day for team America’

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The Conversation

Belarus election: how ‘Europe’s last dictator’ held onto power as his opponents were jailed or exiled

The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The electoral authorities announced that the man known as “Europe’s last dictator” – the only president the country has had since it held its first “democratic” election in 1994 – had won…

The Guardian - UK

Belarus opposition and western leaders denounce stage-managed Lukashenko victory

German foreign minister calls election ‘bitter day’, while Vladimir Putin congratulates autocrat on ‘confident victory’

The Guardian - UK

Lukashenko says he has ‘no regrets’ about Belarus helping Russia to invade Ukraine

Autocrat conducts rambling press conference as his 31 years of rule are extended by an election dismissed outside the country as a sham

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Belarus Presidential Election: Lukashenko Expected To Extend Rule

Belarus presidential election under scrutiny as Lukashenko seeks to maintain power amid opposition and international condemnation.

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Al Jazeera

Belarus presidential election: Who’s taking on Lukashenko, does it matter?

President Alexander Lukashenko will be running to secure a seventh term, hoping to extend his 30-year rule over Belarus.

The Guardian - UK

‘A ritual for a dictator’: Lukashenko critics decry Belarus election

Longtime president and Putin ally has silenced media and criminalised dissent as he eyes seventh term

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Belarus’s election: broken democratic dreams

Editorial: Five years after an inspiring democracy movement almost toppled Alexander Lukashenko, his brutal rule remains intact. The west must do more to help

The Independent UK

An imprisoned Nobel laureate underscores human rights abuses in Belarus

Ales Bialiatski, a human rights advocate who won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Belarus and is one of hundreds of its political prisoners

The Independent UK

Belarus police launch sweeping anti-riot drills ahead of January's election

Belarusian police have launched sweeping anti-riot drills ahead of January’s election in which authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is seeking a seventh term, a signal from the authorities that they won't tolerate any protests

The Independent UK

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 more than 20 months without any communication from her, and has met with her father

The Independent UK

Belarus sets a Jan. 26 election that's almost certain to extend its authoritarian leader's rule

Lawmakers in Belarus set the next presidential election for Jan. 26, a vote almost certain to extend the three-decade rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko

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