Representatives of the Council of the European Union have informed that new restrictive measures are imposed in connection with deteriorated situation with human rights in Belarus. read more

The organizers of the action do not want to go there; they had been planning to gather people in Yakub Kolas Square. read more

According to the website of the movement "For Freedom", Ales Mihalevich left Belarus at night and the security agencies did not manage to keep track of him. The trip "to the safe place" took almost a day. read more

Reporters Without Borders has carried out a new survey of online freedom of expression for World Day Against Cyber-Censorship on 12 March. read more

EU diplomats are preparing top-up sanctions on Belarus after President Alexander Lukashenko jailed protesters for up to four years and amid reports of torture by his secret police, the KGB. read more

A district judge in Minsk on Wednesday sentenced three young men to several years in prison institution for taking part in a post-election protest in the Belarusian capital city on December 19, 2010. read more

Former presidential candidate Ales Mikhalevich on Monday announced that he had been released from the Committee for State Security (KGB)’s detention center after agreeing to act as a KGB informant. read more

Parliamentarians are going to announce their position based of the results of the work conducted by the international EOM during the election and to explain the reasons for closing down the OSCE office. read more

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on February 22 published its final report on Belarus December 14-19 presidential election, reiterating that the government has a considerable way to go to meet its OSCE commitments for democratic elections. read more

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay has voiced deep concern over the Belarus government's harsh sentencing of an activist. read more