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Belarus opposition wants international trial to prosecute Lukashenko regime

April 18, 2006 01:01:00 PM

An opposition leader in Belarus said Tuesday that groups opposing the rule of President Alexander Lukashenko are proposing an international public trial to prosecute the regime's violations of Belarusian laws and the...

April 15, 2006 04:24:00 PM

Belarus opposition politician and former foreign economic relations minister Mikhail Marinich was released from prison Friday, after having served nearly two years of a two and a half year sentence. Arrested in April 2004...

April 10, 2006 10:17:00 AM

The European Union on Monday approved a travel ban on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and 30 other top government officials in response to his government's crackdown on political protesters following...

April 6, 2006 03:46:00 PM

European Union diplomats on Thursday evening are expected to approve a travel ban on 31 high-level Belarus governmental officials, including the president, in reaction to the controversial March 19th presidential election and the subsequent crackdown...

April 5, 2006 07:06:00 PM

The Belarus government has charged close to 600 people who participated in the protests that followed the March 19 presidential election that returned incumbent president Alexander Lukashenko to a third term in a...

March 30, 2006 11:02:00 AM

The Belarus prosecutor general said Wednesday that there will be many trials for opposition supporters who protested the country's presidential elections earlier this month. Pyotr Miklashevich indicated that over 500 protestors, including 21 foreigners, were detained for...

March 28, 2006 10:08:00 AM

Nikolai Lozovik, Secretary for the Belarus Central Election Commission , announced Tuesday that the third-term inauguration of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will be delayed. Lukashenko's landslide reelection earlier this month triggered claims of widespread...

March 27, 2006 07:19:00 PM

Jail sentences were handed down Monday by Belarusian courts for more than 150 protestors who were detained by police while taking part in recent election protests. Thousands of citizens gathered last week to demonstrate against...

March 26, 2006 01:08:00 PM

Key organizers of election protests in the Belarus capital city of Minsk who were detained by police will face criminal charges, Belarus Interior Minister Vladimir Naumov said Sunday. Thousands of citizens gathered...

March 25, 2006 10:50:00 AM

Riot police and demonstrators clashed Saturday in the Belarus capital city of Minsk as thousands of citizens gathered again to protest alleged election fraud in last Sunday's presidential elections in which current President Alexander...

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