Belarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
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 ...
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Belarus’ Lukashenko poised to extend 29-year rule with landslide exit poll results
including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski. The vote comes as Belarus remains closely aligned with Russia, even allowing its territory to be used as a staging ground for Moscow’s ...
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Belarus: Seeking 7th term, Lukashenko projected to win by 87 pc votes
Lukashenko has been in power in Belarus since 1994 and is seeking ... down and imprisoned over 1,000 people, including Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the Viasna Human Rights Centre ...
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UK imposes new sanctions on Belarus after ‘sham election’ hands Lukashenko seventh term
Britain and Canada on Monday imposed coordinated sanctions on six Belarusian officials and three defence companies, one day ...
Secretary of State Rubio hails release of US prisoner in Belarus as controversy hangs over nation's election
President Donald Trump's new Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that a U.S. citizen imprisoned in Belarus under Joe ...
Belarus opposition and Western leaders reject election result that extends strongman's rule
Belarus' opposition activists and Western officials on Monday denounced an orchestrated election that extends the more than ...
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An imprisoned Nobel laureate underscores human rights abuses in Belarus
Many endure harsh conditions like Bialiatski, 62, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 for his human rights activism and is believed to be in worsening health. Belarus will hold a presidential ...