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Regime’s moneybags try to circumvent EU sanctions
Mikhail Gutseriev, a Russian businessman and Lukashenko's long-time friend, is getting rid of his assets to avoid the EU sanctions.
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Crackdown on media and civil society continues in Belarus
On the morning of 16 July, security officials again searched journalists and human rights activists in Minsk, Pinsk, Brest, Ivatsevichy, Homel, Rechytsa, and Hrodna.
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Maria Kalesnikava awarded Stuttgart Peace Prize
The German civil society organization Die AnStifter has awarded Maria Kalesnikava for her courageous struggle against the autocratic regime of Alexander Lukashenko and her human rights activities.
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Labor standards are being violated in Belarus
The International Labor Organization has strongly criticized the blatant violations of international labor standards in Belarus.
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Lithuania refuses to extradite Tsikhanouskaya to Belarus
Lithuania refused to extradite the former presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya; such a request had been submitted by the Belarusian authorities in March.
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Euroradio news bureau closed in Belarus
News bureau of "European Radio for Belarus" will be closed in Minsk. Journalists of the media outlet have been working without accreditation since fall, while access to the website euroradio.fm…
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EU and US intend to keep pressure on official Minsk
The EU and US will not ease the pressure on the Belarusian authorities until the domestic political situation in the country changes.
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University may be established in EU for those repressed by Lukashenko’s and Putin’s regimes
Nobel laureate in literature Olga Tokarczuk, American historian Timothy Snyder, and economist Sergei Guriev call on the European Commission to support the creation of the Eastern European University in the…
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Political prisoners Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega under house arrest
Political prisoners Sofia Sapega and Raman Pratasevich, who were detained in Minsk after the forced landing of a Ryanair aircraft, are placed under house arrest. The charges against the young…
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Former assistant prosecutor Yauhen Babak not released after 15 days of detention
Yauhen Babak was sentenced to 15 days of administrative detention for “illegal picketing” because of a white-red-white flag on his balcony. While Yauhen was serving his sentence, a new police…