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Belarusian Activist Reveals Torture in Lukashenko's Political Prisons

Leanid Sudalenka recounts his harrowing experience in a Belarusian penal colony. He reveals brutal conditions faced by political prisoners.

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Belarus political prisoners face abuse, no medical care and isolation, former inmate says

A human rights activist imprisoned for three years in Belarus accused authorities of holding political prisoners in conditions amounting to “torture.”

The Independent UK

2 journalists are detained in Belarus as part of a crackdown on dissent

A Belarusian journalists association has reported that two journalists have been detained in Belarus

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US Sanctions Belarus Red Cross Chief Over Ukraine Child Deportations

The U.S. unveiled sanctions Tuesday against the head of the Belarus Red Cross, accusing him of being complicit in the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.

International Business Times

China's Xi welcomes President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus to Beijing

Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke of a “strengthened political mutual trust and international coordination” with Belarus after he met with the European country’s president in Beijing on Monday, according to official media

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: Poland will demand EU restores permits for Ukrainian truckers as first vehicles cross border – as it happened

Polish prime minister says ‘we will strongly and unequivocally’ demand restoration of permits in de-escalation of border trade blockade

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 649

Ukraine investigates alleged ‘execution’ of Ukrainian soldiers trying to surrender; Volodymyr Zelenskiy reports ‘intense battles’ at dozens of locations

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Global Red Cross suspends Belarus chapter after its chief boasted of bringing in Ukrainian children

The International Red Cross has suspended the Belarusian chapter after its chief stirred international outrage for boasting that it was actively ferrying Ukrainian children from Russian-controlled areas to Belarus

The Independent UK

Why Finland is blaming Russia for a sudden influx of migrants on its eastern border

Russia threatened retaliation against Finland after its Nordic neighbor joined NATO earlier this year

The Independent UK

More than 2,400 Ukrainian children taken to Belarus, a Yale study finds

More than 2,400 Ukrainian children aged 6-17 have been taken to Belarus from four regions of Ukraine that are partially occupied by Russian forces, a study by Yale University has found

The Independent UK

Belarus linked to forcible transfer of Ukrainian children: Study

Yale researchers say more than 2,400 children have been deported from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Activist hands ICC evidence he says implicates Belarus president in transfer of Ukrainian children

An exiled Belarus activist has presented a second dossier of evidence to the International Criminal Court that he says proves the personal involvement of President Alexander Lukashenko in the illegal transfer of children to Belarus from Russian-occupied towns in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Nobel peace laureate Bialiatski has been put in solitary confinement in Belarus, his wife says

The wife of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Ales Bialiatski says he has been transferred to solitary confinement at his prison in Belarus

The Independent UK

Belarus sentences independent newspaper editor to 4 years in prison

Belarusian authorities have convicted the chief editor of a prominent independent regional newspaper of “discrediting the Republic of Belarus” and sentenced him to four years in prison

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Belarusians who fled repression face new hurdles as they try to rebuild their lives abroad

Hundreds of thousands of Belarusians who fled repression in their homeland face the prospect of having invalid documents after authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree halting passport renewals abroad

The Independent UK

In Belarus, 3 protest musicians are sentenced to long prison terms

Members of a pop music group that became a symbol of protest in Belarus were sentenced Tuesday to prison terms of up to nine years in the country’s relentless crackdown on dissent

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Putin ally Lukashenko calls for ceasefire in ‘stalemate’ Ukraine war: ‘No one can do anything’

‘The main thing is that the stop command is given’

The Guardian - AU

Dutch F-16 jets to arrive at Romanian training centres in weeks; Moldova blocks Russian news agencies – as it happened

Dutch PM says F-16 jets for Ukraine to arrive in two weeks; Moldova accuses Russia of information war against country

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Ukraine-Russia war – live: Kyiv says it ‘successfully’ hit Russia’s air defence system in Crimea overnight

Russian sources say attack caused using ‘combined’ weapons like ATACMS, Storm Shadow missiles and sea drones

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 614

Moldova blocks access to major Russian news media sites; US-made F-16 jets donated to Ukraine from Netherlands to arrive at training centres in weeks

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow says it has shot down 36 Ukrainian drones – as it happened

Claims drone strike or debris from downed drone has caused fire in oil refinery near Black Sea in Russia

The Guardian - UK

A fake Ryanair hijack – and the fear that has stalked Belarus’s people ever since

When a passenger plane was forced to land in Minsk in 2021, one man screamed: ‘They’ll kill me’. Many of his countrymen and women now realise they are also not safe, even in exile

The Independent UK

Global Red Cross urges ouster of Belarus chapter chief over the deportation of Ukrainian children

The international Red Cross is calling for the ouster of the head of the Belarus Red Cross, who stirred international outrage for boasting that it was actively ferrying Ukrainian children from Russian-controlled areas to Belarus

The Guardian - UK

Beatings, dog bites, and barbed wire: life and death on the Poland-Belarus border

Activists helping people in forested grey zone say dehumanisation of migrants is increasing as Polish election draws nearer

The Independent UK

Belarus' top diplomat says he can't imagine his nation entering the war in Ukraine alongside Russia

The foreign minister of Belarus says he can't envision a situation where his country would enter the war in Ukraine alongside Russian forces

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