A district judge in Minsk on Thursday sentenced a young opposition activist, Vasil Parfyankow, to four years in a high-security correctional institution for taking part in a post-election protest in the Belarusian capital city on December 19, 2010, finding him guilty of participation in a mass read more

First into the dock on Thursday was Vasily Parfenkov, who had campaigned for the opposition candidate Vladimir Neklyayev in the December election. read more

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her colleagues from the Visegrad Group countries (V4) condemned Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko's regime. read more

92 BPF members declared they were leaving the party. They consider that BPF no longer corresponds with its name and program values. read more

The Russian embassy in Minsk has accused the Belarusian authorities of attempting to exert psychological pressure on two Russian citizens detained over the December 19 post-election protest. read more

First it was Tunisia. Then Egypt and Yemen. Algeria, Morocco, Jordan, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, North Korea, Belarus and Tajikistan could be next. The long list of autocratic regimes that could fall sends shivers down my spine, because they won't go without a fight. There will be bloodshed. read more

«Belarus is our sister country, our strategic partner, but that doesn't mean that we will close our eyes to violation of fundamental rights and freedoms,» - Russia's Foreign Minister Siarhej Laurou has said in an interview to the TV-Channel Russia Today. read more

Yuri Sivakov, a man suspected of mass-scale money laundering for President Alexander Lukashenko, has been quietly left out of an EU asset-freeze on the Belarusian nomenklatura. read more

The European Union has imposed asset freezes and travel bans on 158 Belarusian government officials and other individuals who are deemed involved in election frauds and a post-election crackdown on political opponents. read more

Vladimir Neklyayev and Irina Khalip have been placed under house arrest. read more