Andrei Aliaksandru: Belarusian journalists draw sentences for covering opposition rally
Belarusian journalists draw sentences for covering opposition rally
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Andrei Aliaksandrau
Andrei Aliaksandrau is a coordinator of the Civic Solidarity Platform, a coalition of 60 human rights groups from across the OSCE region
Chernobyl disaster is invisible to many Belarusians
Twenty-seven years after the worst nuclear power accident in history,
Aliaksandr Zianchuk reports on the invisible catastrophe in Belarus
Putin’s Russia at war with civil society
Russian authorities not only have narrowed the rules regarding NGOs’ activities, but they also subject civil society activists to direct repression, Andrei Aliaksandrau reports
Nothing to celebrate on second anniversary of Belarus protests
On the second anniversary of the Minsk protests, Index calls for the immediate release of all political prisoners in Belarus
Belarus: Lukashenko launches attack on last intellectual outpost
Arche, Belarus's only monthly magazine published in Belarusian faces closure after the state authorities froze its bank accounts and launched criminal proceedings against its editor. Arche editor Valery Bulhaku was detained on 14 September while...
Belarus’s illusion of democracy
Polling day procedure may have been in place, but censorship ruined any chance of a free parliamentary election in Europe’s last dictatorship, says Andrei Aliaksandrau
Ambassador expelled as Belarus teddy bear row escalates (really)
This week Belarus asked the Swedish diplomatic mission to leave the country and recalled its own embassy from Stockholm. What sparked this international incident? That would be teddy bears. Small, cuddly soft toys. Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s...
Lukashenko grounded as Olympics kick off
In Belarus there are only two positions that are officially allowed to have a title of “President”. The first one is the head of the state, the other one is the head of the National Olympic Committee. Both posts are taken by the same person ---...
Belarus declares war on teddy bears
Belarus has now vowed to hold accountable those involved in parachuting teddy bears from a Swedish plane with slogans of human rights into the country, after initially denying their existence. Now there are fears for young journalist Anton Suryapin.
Andrei Aliaksandrau reports
The curious case of Belarus’s bears that weren’t there
A young Belarusian journalist has been arrested and detained – for taking photographs of teddy bears that the government denies even exist.
Andrei Aliaksandru reports
Belarus activist fights political sentence
Political activist Siarhei Kavalenka may have given up his hunger strike but his fight for freedom in Belarus continues, says
Andrei Aliaksandrau
Sannikov and Bandarenka released, but Belarus is still not free
The release of Sannikov and Bandarenka last weekend was welcome news for Europe’s last dictatorship. But with at least 13 more political prisoners behind bars, Belarus is far from free, says Andrei Aliaksandrau
Presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov released from Belarus penal colony