Who Are Russia’s Friends Amid the War in Ukraine?
India and South Africa are among the nations that have not criticized Russia for invading Ukraine. Some others have supplied military aid.
Belarus
Belarus jails senior staff at independent news site in crackdown on Lukashenko critics
Twelve-year sentences for the women condemned as president’s ‘revenge’ while UN report accuses country of possible crimes against humanityBelarus has handed long jail terms to senior staff at the country’s largest independent news site, which was force…
Russia ally Belarus brings in death penalty for high treason
Alexander Lukashenko signs bill allowing execution of officials and military personnel for harming national securityBelarus’s authoritarian president has signed a bill introducing capital punishment for state officials and military personnel convicted …
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader sentenced to 15 years in prison camp for ‘treason’
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya fled to neighboring Lithuania in 2020 after running against incumbent leader Alexander Lukashenko in a presidential election they claim was corrupted.
Belarus Sentences Exiled Opposition Leader to 15 Years in Prison
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya fled the country after running for president in 2020 against Belarus’s authoritarian leader. She has described the conspiracy case against her as a “farce.”
Nobel Prize Is No Defense Against Jail for Ales Bialiatski in Belarus
Ales Bialiatski, last year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been sentenced by Belarus to 10 years in prison, on charges that rights advocates have dismissed as politically motivated.
Nobel Peace Prize winner handed 10-year prison sentence in Belarus
A Belarusian court on Friday sentenced Ales Bialiatski, Belarus’ top human rights advocate and one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, to 10 years in prison.
Belarus Hands 10-Year Prison Sentence to Leading Rights Activist, Nobel Prize Winner Ales Bialiatski
Bialiatski and three other top figures of the Viasna human rights center were convicted on what rights groups say are trumped-up charges.
Belarus jails Nobel peace prize-winning dissident Ales Bialiatski
Pro-democracy activist sentenced to 10 years as part of Alexander Lukashenko’s purge of opponentsBelarus has sentenced the Nobel peace prize-winning dissident Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison as part of Alexander Lukashenko’s purge of opponents af…
Anti-war partisans in Belarus claim to have damaged Russian plane
Group says it used drones to hit early warning aircraft at Machulishchy airfield 12km from MinskRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesBelarusian anti-war partisans claim to have severely damaged a Russian military aircraft in what an opposition leade…