Lukashenko says there are no political prisoners in Belarus and that those behind bars are law-breakers who chose their own ...

VILNIUS - The West needs to keep up pressure on Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko to try to force democratic change, newly released dissident Siarhei Tsikhanouski told Reuters. Read more at ...

Belarusian opposition figure Siarhei Tsikhanouski has been released from prison after years of solitary confinement and hardship. Now in Lithuania, he reunites with his family, facing poor health from ...

The special services of Belarus see and seriously control the former imprisoned oppositionists, but much is not publicly ...

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Beyond celebrating that 14 people gained their freedom lies the ugly reality that there are still 1,186 political prisoners in Belarus.

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Jon Shelton with AP, Reuters, AFP 06/21/2025 Siarhei Tsikhanouski was jailed by the authoritarian regime of Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko in 2020 after challenging him in an election.

Siarhei Tsikhanouski, Belarus' key opposition figure, is free after spending nearly five years in jail. His wife, Sviatlena , talks about taking up her husband's mantle after his imprisonment.

Belarusian dissident Siarhei Tsihanouski says he was held in solitary confinement, in conditions similar to torture, during ...

- Ed.), who challenged Alexander Lukashenko at that time, remain in prison. Therefore, the moral and political duty of those who look after political prisoners is to remind about them and try to make ...