The All-Belarusian People’s Assembly was convened as a show of support for the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko. It served only to demonstrate his...
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Amid new arrests of peaceful demonstrators in Belarus, Amnesty International claims that the pursuit of justice in the country is “hopeless”. A new report by...
Following the arrest of Alexei Navalny in Russia, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya says that she will need “international guarantees” before she can safely return to...
Kazakhstan has formally abolished the death penalty, making permanent a nearly 20-year freeze on capital punishment in the country. The move leaves Belarus and...
You may not want to look back too carefully at a year many of us will no doubt wish to forget, but we have put together a recap of 2020 in the emerging Europe region...
With a resolution to the political crisis in Belarus unlikely in the short-term, the country’s economy faces increasing risks to its stability. Greater political...
Minsk on December 6 was a familiar sight for anyone who has been following events in Belarus since a rigged presidential election was held in August. Widespread...
With most of the world focused on the US presidential election and the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the struggle for freedom in Belarus has faded into the...
Impervious to international safety concerns, Belarus starts up its first nuclear power plant. “Cynical ignorance” is how Lithuania’s foreign minister...
Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich was until recently the last leading opposition figure in Belarus to be both free and still in the country. Two weeks ago, however, the...
In her most overtly political statement yet, the Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said on October 13 that she will call a nationwide strike unless...
There were new protests in Belarus on September 23 following the abrupt and unannounced swearing-in of Alexander Lukashenko for a new term in office as the...
