TALLINN, Estonia — A bill in Belarus that would outlaw the promotion of homosexuality and other behavior is set to land on lawmakers’ desks amid an unwavering crackdown on dissent initiated by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in 2020. Prosecutor General Andrei Shved said Thursday the proposed legislation establishes administrative liability for anyone promoting “abnormal relationships, … Read more
A court in northern Switzerland has acquitted a former Belarusian security operative over the enforced disappearances of three of President Aleksander Lukashenko’s political opponents in the late 1990s ByJAMEY KEATEN Associated Press September 28, 2023, 12:45 PM FILE – Yuri Harauski is pictured outside the court of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. A … Read more
TALLINN, Estonia — A outstanding journalist in Belarus was sentenced Wednesday to 6 years in jail, the newest step in a years-long crackdown on opposition figures, unbiased journalists and human rights activists. On trial within the metropolis of Grodno in western Belarus, Pavel Mazheika, 45, was discovered responsible of “complicity in extremist exercise” for overlaying … Read more