Police detained at least 46 protesters on Saturday as thousands of people gathered in the Belarus capital Minsk demanding the release of a jailed opposition leader, the latest in a wave of mass ...

The European Union’s top human rights prize has been awarded to two imprisoned journalists who were honored for their ...

The Sakharov Prize for imprisoned journalists comes as Washington negotiates prisoner releases from Belarus, with mixed ...

On Wednesday, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Vilnius has lodged a protest with Belarus over ...

Thousands of demonstrators marched in the Belarus capital Minsk and elsewhere on Sunday as weekly protests demanding the resignation of veteran President Alexander Lukashenko continued, prompting ...

Andrzej Poczobut of Belarus and Mzia Amaghlobeli of Georgia have won this year's Sakharov Prize for "speaking out against ...

The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the deputy ambassador of Belarus, who was handed a note of protest in ...

Members of the Scottish Parliament sent an official letter to UEFA with an appeal to suspend the Belarusian national soccer ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Scores of political prisoners pardoned by the authoritarian leader of Belarus sat on a bus waiting to cross the border with Lithuania last month, minutes from freedom. Suddenly ...

Two journalists, one imprisoned in Belarus and the other in Georgia, have won the European Union’s top human rights honor, ...

“Both are journalists currently in prison on trumped-up charges simply for doing their work and for speaking out against ...