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
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
Demonstrations have carried on throughout the four weeks since the election, gaining in size on the weekends
07 Sep 2020 1:29 PM
The Lukashenko-led government had earlier revoked the accreditation of many Belarusian journalists and deported some foreign journalists
03 Sep 2020 11:13 AM
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
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'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
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
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
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
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