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Top Belarus opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova sentenced to 11 years

Monday, September 6 by ABC News

(MOSCOW) -- One of Belarus' top opposition figures, who helped lead massive protests against authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko last year, has been sentenced to 11 years in jail by a court in Minsk. Maria Kolesnikova was one of three women who found themselves at the... Read More.

Afghan migrants trapped for weeks in woods because of Poland and Belarus standoff

Tuesday, August 31 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A group of Afghans has been trapped for three weeks at the edge of a forest on the border between Poland and Belarus, caught in a no man's land between Polish security forces who will not let them enter Poland and Belarusian... Read More.

Wife fears for American snatched from Moscow and taken to Belarus

Tuesday, July 13 by ABC News

(MOSCOW) — Alena Denisavets said she had been looking for her husband for more than a day when she got a text message from a lawyer who she believed was working for Belarus’ feared security services, still known today as the KGB. Her husband Youras... Read More.

Who is Roman Protasevich, the blogger seized by Belarus?

Sunday, May 30 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) — The shock and a sense of sickening horror were immediate among Roman Protasevich's family and colleagues in Belarus' pro-democracy movement, they say, when they realized the passenger plane carrying him was in a place it should never had been. The 26 year-old... Read More.

US to reimpose sanctions on Belarus after forced landing of Ryanair flight, journalist arrest

Saturday, May 29 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The White House has announced that the United States will reimpose sanctions on Belarus next week after the forced diversion of a Ryanair flight to the country on May 23 and the arrest of an opposition journalist on board. In a scathing

EU imposes sanctions on Belarus over ‘hijacked’ Ryanair flight

Monday, May 24 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- European countries on Monday moved to sanction Belarus and ban its state airline from flying to Europe as they sought to punish Alexander Lukashenko's regime for forcing a Ryanair passenger flight to land in the country so it could arrest a leading... Read More.

Ryanair flight forced to land in Belarus with top activist on board

Monday, May 24 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Belarus has been accused of "hijacking" a civilian airliner by forcing a Ryanair passenger flight to land in the country using a fake bomb threat so that authorities could arrest a prominent critic of its authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko. The Ryanair flight... Read More.

Ryanair flight forced to land in Belarus with top activist onboard

Sunday, May 23 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) — Belarus is accused of forcing a Ryanair passenger plane to land in the country so that authorities could arrest a leading blogger who helped organize last year's protests against the country's authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko. The Ryanair flight was passing through Belarus'... Read More.

Belarus jails two journalists for two years for filming protests amid ongoing crackdown

Thursday, February 18 by ABC News

By PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A court in Belarus has sentenced two journalists to two years in prison for live-streaming one of the pro-democracy protests that rocked the country last year as authorities continue a crackdown aimed at smashing the... Read More.

Belarus opposition calls for national strike in what could be key test for protest movement

Monday, October 26 by ABC News

BY: PATRICK REEVELL, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) —Workers and students across Belarus declared strikes on Monday, heeding a call for a national strike to try to force authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko to resign at the start of what could be an important week... Read More.

Huge crowds protest again in Belarus as opposition ultimatum for Lukashenko expires

Sunday, October 25 by ABC News

BY: PATRICK REEVELL, ABC NEWS(NEW YORK) -- Police used stun grenades and fired non-lethal weapons on Sunday to attack peaceful protesters in Belarus’ capital who are demanding the resignation of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko.An estimated 100,000 protesters marched... Read More.

Lukashenko sworn in as Belarus president in surprise, closed ceremony

Wednesday, September 23 by ABC News

By PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Belarus' authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in as president in a surprise, secretive ceremony held Wednesday amid tight security and with no announcement beforehand.The ceremony was held without a live... Read More.

Stories tagged with: belarus

Top Belarus opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova sentenced to 11 years

Afghan migrants trapped for weeks in woods because of Poland and Belarus standoff

Wife fears for American snatched from Moscow and taken to Belarus

Who is Roman Protasevich, the blogger seized by Belarus?

US to reimpose sanctions on Belarus after forced landing of Ryanair flight, journalist arrest

EU imposes sanctions on Belarus over ‘hijacked’ Ryanair flight

Ryanair flight forced to land in Belarus with top activist on board

Ryanair flight forced to land in Belarus with top activist onboard

Belarus jails two journalists for two years for filming protests amid ongoing crackdown

Belarus opposition calls for national strike in what could be key test for protest movement

Huge crowds protest again in Belarus as opposition ultimatum for Lukashenko expires

Lukashenko sworn in as Belarus president in surprise, closed ceremony

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