Belarus president set to extend 30-year rule as critics slam ‘sham ...
2 days ago · Since 2020, Lukashenko’s regime has stepped up its efforts to stamp out dissent. By the end of December 2024, Belarus was holding 1,265 political prisoners, according to Viasna, a human rights ...
Belarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an election the …
2 days ago · The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old autocrat yet another term on top of his three decades in power. “Needed!” the posters proclaim beneath a photo of Lukashenko, his hands clasped together.
Lukashenko says critics 'chose' jail as Belarus holds election …
2 days ago · Lukashenko, 70, held a long press conference at which he was asked how the vote could be free and fair, given that all the main opposition figures are in jail or have fled the country.
Belarusian opposition denounces Lukashenko and Sunday's …
4 days ago · Cut-off from her country, her husband is also a political prisoner – kept in total isolation for almost two years. The opposition leader insists she still "truly believes" in change. "2020 was a ...
Belarus election is poised to extend the 30-year rule of 'Europe's …
4 days ago · With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, the 70-year-old Alexander Lukashenko is back on the ballot, all but certain to add a seventh presidential term.
Belarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an election the …
2 days ago · The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year ...
Belarus election: 'There is no alternative to Alexander Lukashenko' …
3 days ago · Alexander Lukashenko, once dubbed "Europe's last dictator," who has ruled Belarus with an iron fist for more than 30 years, will be declared the winner and secure a seventh term in office.
His Opponents Sidelined, Lukashenko Is Set for a 7th Term in …
3 days ago · President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, has been making signs of reaching out to the West. He is all but certain to win an election on Sunday.
Election in Belarus is poised to extend the 30-year rule of ... - PBS
4 days ago · Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule in an election that concludes Sunday and that the opposition ...
The regime’s revenge The outcome of Belarus’s upcoming …
Jan 21, 2025 · On January 26, Belarus will hold its presidential vote — the first since August 2020, when the country experienced its largest protests and harshest crackdown on dissent in modern history. Over the past four and a half years, tens of thousands of Belarusians have been arrested, interrogated, beaten, fined, convicted, or pushed out of their jobs, while hundreds of thousands more have fled the ...