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Russia denies jailed campaigner Orlov's plea for freedom
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 weeks agoA Moscow court on Thursday upheld a prison sentence against Nobel Prize-winning rights advocate Oleg...
Belarus frees 'some political prisoners': exiled opposition leader
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 weeks agoReclusive Belarus on Monday freed five political prisoners in a rare amnesty by President Alexander...
An exiled Belarus opposition figure is sentenced in absentia to 20 years
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoA court in Belarus has sentenced a top opposition figure living in exile to 20 years in absentia,...
Hungary's foreign minister visits Belarus despite EU sanctions, talks about expanding ties
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 2 months agoHungary's top diplomat visited Belarus on Wednesday for talks on expanding ties despite the European...
UN human rights experts ask Belarusian authorities to help a political prisoner dying of cancer
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoU.N. human rights experts have appealed to Belarusian authorities to help a political prisoner who has been diagnosed with an advanced form of cancer. The experts expressed the “utmost concern ...
Belarus targets opposition activists with raids and property seizures
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoAuthorities in Belarus on Thursday announced raids and the seizure of property belonging to 104...
Exiled Belarus opposition leader says she hasn’t heard from her imprisoned husband for over 400 days
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 months agoBelarus’ exiled opposition leader said Thursday that she hasn’t heard from her imprisoned husband...
A political prisoner in Belarus smuggles out account of beatings after writing on toilet paper
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 months agoA political prisoner in Belarus has shed light on the country's brutal prison system by smuggling out her story written on pieces of toilet paper. Katsiaryna Novikava, 38, described being repeatedly ...
3 human rights activists arrested in Belarus as a crackdown on the opposition persists
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoThree activists of Viasna, the main human rights group in harshly repressive Belarus, have been...
Belarus arrests well-known activist on charges punishable by up to 4 years in prison, group says
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoAuthorities in Belarus have arrested a well-known activist on charges punishable by up to four years in prison, the country's oldest rights group said Tuesday in what appears to be the latest ...