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Early Friday morning local time, Belarus police swept down on hundreds of demonstrators camped out in Minsk's Oktyabrskaya Square in protest against the results of last Sunday's presidential elections which returned Alexander Lukashenko [official website; BBC...

The Belarus Central Election Commission has dismissed a complaint contesting the results of Sunday's election, which provided a landslide victory for Alexander Lukashenko , who garnered over 82 percent of the vote. The complaint,...

For the fourth day in a row, hundreds of protestors gathered at a central square in Minsk on Wednesday to oppose what they claimed were the rigged results of the Belarus presidential election, defying...

Approximately 100 opposition activists in Belarus have been detained for protesting the country's presidential elections over the weekend, which locked in a third term for Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko , a lawyer for...

International Election Observation Mission: Presidential Election, Republic of Belarus, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, March 21, 2006 . Excerpt:It is clear that...

International election observers said Monday that this weekend's elections in Belarus , which secured a third term for Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko , were "severely flawed" and failed to meet democratic standards. Lukashenko, whom...

Thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Minsk Sunday to protest what they claimed were the rigged results of the Belarus presidential election, defying threats of a government crackdown. Current president Alexander Lukashenko ,...

Adrian Severin, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus , censured the Belarusian government headed by President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday for a series of allegedly abusive tactics ahead of Sunday's presidential...

AP is reporting that the UN General Assembly has approved a resolution creating a new Human Rights Council by a 170-4 vote, despite US opposition. The new rights body will replace the widely criticized Commission...

Belarus authorities in Minsk Monday sentenced fifteen opposition activists to short jail terms as part of the government's latest effort to suppress opposition before Sunday's presidential elections. According to human rights monitors, the activists were not...