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- In this photo provided by the Belarusian Presidential Press Service, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, right, presents flowers to an election commission official ahead of voting at a polling station, in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. Lukashenko was believed a few years ago to be considering whether to lead the new body after stepping down, but his calculus has apparently changed, and he announced on Sunday that he will run in next year's presidential election. (Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP)
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Belarusians vote in a tightly controlled election as the opposition calls for its boycott
By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press
Sat,02/24/24-10:04PM , 183 Reads
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Sunday's tightly controlled parliamentary and local elections in Belarus are set to cement the hard-line rule of the country’s authoritarian leader, despite a prominent opposition leader's call for a boycott.
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- The Rev. Viachaslau Barok, a Catholic priest from Belarus, conducts a service in the Church of St. Alexander in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. Barok was a familiar face in Rasony, a town in northern Belarus near the Russian border, overseeing construction of its Roman Catholic church and celebrating Mass daily for two decades before he fled the country as the Belarusian government cracked down on dissent. (Validated UGC via AP)
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Belarus cracks down on clergy who supported protests of its authoritarian leader
By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press
Thu,02/22/24-11:57PM , 266 Reads
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The Rev. Viachaslau Barok was a familiar face in Rasony, a town in northern Belarus near the Russian border, overseeing construction of its Roman Catholic church and celebrating Mass daily for two decades.
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- In this handout photo from the Viasna Human Rights Center, Leanid Sudalenka, an activist from Belarus, holds portraits of imprisoned journalists Larysa Shchyrakova and Yauhen Merkis, in Belostok, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. Sudalenka, who was imprisoned for three years in Belarus, said authorities there hold political prisoners in conditions amounting to "torture." He told The Associated Press that when he was in a Belarusian penal colony, he nearly died from COVID-19 and a lack of medical care. (Viasna Human Rights Center via AP)
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Belarus political prisoners face abuse, no medical care and isolation, former inmate says
By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press
Sat,12/16/23-11:04PM , 155 Reads
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — During his three years in a Belarusian penal colony, human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka says he and other political prisoners were regularly deprived of family visits, phone calls and parcels. He nearly died when COVID-19 swept through the facility.
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- Two Belarusian passports are displayed in Tallinn, Estonia, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Belarus has stopped renewing passports at its embassies abroad, and hundreds of thousands of Belarusians who have fled President Alexander Lukashenko's repressive regime cannot update their travel documents without returning home and risking possible arrest. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Belarusians who fled repression face new hurdles as they try to rebuild their lives abroad
By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press
Tue,10/31/23-11:15PM , 229 Reads
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Andrei, a 29-year-old computer programmer who fled to Germany from Belarus two years ago amid a harsh crackdown on political dissent, is facing a serious dilemma.
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