Updated at 13:53,23-12-2024
Belarusians seek justice for brutal beatings by riot police
Stories of abuse emerge as more than 7,000 people were detained after rigged election read more 
Belarus protests: who are the key players and what do they want?
The opposition challenge to Lukashenko also presents an issue for Russia and the EU read more 
Belarusians are speaking as one: Alexander Lukashenko's time is up
More than a week after a sham election, public rage has not died down. read more 
The Armenian Model for Belarus
While many Western observers have seized on Ukraine's 2004-05 and 2014 revolutions to understand the mass protests in Belarus, a much better analogy is to Armenia's democratic transition in 2018. Armenians demanded a change in domestic governance, not in the country's geopolitical orientation, and read more 
New leader or new crackdown? Belarus has entered a new era
Experts compare situation with 1989 revolutions that toppled Europe’s communist regimes read more 
'It's outrageous': Belarus election result sparks night of defiance and violence
Riot police use rubber bullets in Minsk, while elsewhere police refuse to attack protesters read more 
Belarus opposition candidate rejects election result after night of protests
‘I will believe my own eyes,’ says Svetlana Tikhanovskaya after commission says Alexander Lukashenko won landslide read more 
Belarus president says opponents trying to organise massacre
Alexander Lukashenko makes claim as closest presidential election in decades looms read more 
The Guardian view on Belarus: slippers and democracy
A remarkable election campaign by the wife of a jailed blogger is causing major problems for ‘Europe’s last dictator’ read more |
