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Mother of 5 sentenced to 4 years in prison
Volha Zalatar, a mother of five children and a political prisoner, was found guilty of forming an extremist group and sentenced to four years in a penal colony.
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Film about Belarusian protests longlisted for Oscar
Aliaksei Paluyan's film about the Belarusian protests was included in the Oscar Awards long list.
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Human rights activist faces 20 years in prison
NGO volunteer coordinator Marfa Rabkova is facing fresh charges linked to "managing a criminal organization" and “endangering national security” that could mean a prison sentence of up to 20 years.
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New wave of police raids across Belarus
The crackdown on Belarusian mass media and non-governmental organizations continues with a new wave of searches and detentions across several Belarusian cities and towns.
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EU invites Belarusian opposition to Eastern Partnership summit
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in his speech at the Vienna Conference dedicated to Belarus that the Belarusian democratic forces would have the right to vote at the Eastern…
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German Coalition agreement 2021 supports Belarusian opposition
The Social Democrats, Liberal Democrats, and Greens jointly presented a new coalition agreement in 2021. Support is promised to the democratic movement in Belarus.
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Tsikhanouskaya gives heartfelt speech in front of European Parliament
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya gave a poignant speech at the Plenary session of the European Parliament. She compared the Lukashenko regime to a virus and suggested three steps to get rid of…
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Chancellor Merkel calls Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya exchanged views on the political situation in Belarus and the difficult situation on the EU-Belarus border.
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Germany will not accept illegal migrants from Belarus
Germany has refused to accept 2,000 migrants from a temporary camp on the Belarus-Poland border, calling such a decision unacceptable from the point of view of the European Union.
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Belarusian activists hold rally in Warsaw
On 21 November, about a hundred Belarusians held a protest rally called “Lukashenko has overstepped all boundaries” near the Belarusian embassy in Warsaw. They stressed that in the current situation…