Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Belarusian dissident in Poland, Pavel Latushka, left, and Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, right, who came to Poland fearing reprisals at home after criticizing her coaches at the Tokyo Games, talk to journalists in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Belarus runner used quick thinking to avoid being sent home

By Monika Scislowska And Daria Litvinova Aug. 05, 2021 06:35 AM EDT

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, former presidential candidate and main figurehead of the Belarus opposition, center, Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte, right, and caretaker Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag, left, pose for a picture at the start of their meeting in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, May 28, 2021. (Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool via AP)
Belarus' leader seeks Russia's support amid showdown with EU

By Vladimir Isachenkov May. 28, 2021 06:47 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press May. 26, 2021 02:31 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 24 The Guardian on a line being crossed in Belarus...

329 candidates for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

Mar. 01, 2021 11:27 AM EST
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Norwegian Nobel Committee said Monday that there are 329 candidates — 234 individuals and 95 organizations — that were nominated...

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2020 file photo, former candidate for Georgia Governor Stacey Abrams speaks during a rally for then Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., in Duluth, Ga. Belarusian opposition figures, Hong Kong-pro-democracy activists, the global Black Lives Matter movement, a jailed Russian opposition leader and two former White House senior advisers are among this year's nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
EXPLAINER: How Nobel Peace Prize nominations come about

By Jan M. Olsen Feb. 02, 2021 05:13 AM EST

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, speaks with International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel during their meeting in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (Nikolai Petrov/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)
IIHF pulls hockey worlds from Belarus, seeks new host

Jan. 18, 2021 11:45 AM EST

International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel reacts while speaking with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during their talks in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (Nikolai Petrov/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)
Decision on Belarus hockey worlds near amid sponsor pressure

By James Ellingworth Jan. 17, 2021 10:26 AM EST

In this handout photo, Belarusian riot police officers stand next to detained after an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results demonstrators inside a police station in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. More than 30,000 people have been detained for taking part in protests against the re-election of Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in the Aug. 9 presidential vote that was widely seen as rigged with fraud. The protests, some of which attracted up to 200,000 people, now have entered their fifth month. (Handout photo via AP)
Virus besets Belarus prisons filled with president's critics

Dec. 26, 2020 03:32 AM EST

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting on the work of the economy in the current year in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. (Maxim Guchek/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)
Hockey officials positive for virus, cancel trip to Belarus

By Graham Dunbar Dec. 08, 2020 07:15 AM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2016, file photo, Belarus guard Lindsey Harding (12) controls the rebound next to teammate Yelena Leuchanka, center, and Australia center Liz Cambage, rear, during the second half of a women's basketball game at the Youth Center at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has been a difficult last few months for former Belarus star basketball player Leuchanka. She spent 15 days in jail in October after peacefully protesting against President Alexander Lukashenko's disputed re-election and then contracted the coronavirus earlier this month while she has been in Greece. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
Ex-WNBA player reflects on jail time after Belarus protest

By Doug Feinberg Nov. 24, 2020 03:03 AM EST

People help a woman after she collided with a police during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. Nearly three months after Belarus' authoritarian president's re-election to a sixth term in a vote widely seen as rigged, the continuing rallies have cast an unprecedented challenge to his 26-year rule. (AP Photo)
Thousands protest in Belarus amid continued crackdown

Nov. 01, 2020 12:40 PM EST

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020 file photo, Belarusian police block a street during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has relied on massive arrests and intimidation tactics to hold on to power despite nearly three months of protests sparked by his re-election to a sixth term, but continuing protests have cast an unprecedented challenge to his 26-year rule. (AP Photo, File)
Nearly 3 months after vote, Belarus protests still go strong

Oct. 31, 2020 04:15 AM EDT

People, most of them pensioners, carry a big old Belarusian national flag during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Factory workers, students and business owners in Belarus have started a general strike, calling for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to resign after more than two months of mass protests triggered by a disputed election. (AP Photo)
Belarus shuts its borders, Lukashenko reshuffles officials

Oct. 29, 2020 02:24 PM EDT

People wear face masks to protect against coronavirus as they cast their ballots during the parliamentary elections in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. Polls opened Sunday for the first round of national election in Lithuania, where voters will renew the 141-seat parliament and the ruling four-party coalition is widely expected to face a stiff challenge from the opposition to remain in office. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Lithuania holds national vote, coalition talks expected

By Liudas Dapkus Oct. 11, 2020 02:23 PM EDT

Police use a water cannon toward demonstrators during a rally in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. Hundreds of thousands of Belarusians have been protesting daily since the Aug. 9 presidential election. (AP Photo)
Belarus' authoritarian leader visits his foes in prison

Oct. 10, 2020 01:53 PM EDT

A local resident walk by an election poster showing Lithuania's Homeland Union-Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) party leader Ingrida Simonyte in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Lithuanians are voting in the first round of a parliamentary election on Sunday. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Lithuanians to choose new parliament amid virus tensions

By Liudas Dapkus Oct. 10, 2020 02:55 AM EDT

A couple hugs after being released from a detention center where protesters were detained during a mass rally following presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. Nearly 7,000 people have been detained and hundreds injured in the clampdown on demonstrators protesting the official results that said Lukashenko won 80% of the vote and his top opposition challenger got only 10%. Police have broken up protests with stun grenades, tear gas, rubber bullets and severe beatings. (AP Photo)
Thousands flood Belarus capital as election protests grow

By Yuras Karmanau Aug. 14, 2020 05:23 AM EDT

A police officer keeps guard as people gather during a rally against the results of the country's presidential election outside the Belarusian Automobile Plant (BelAZ) in Zhodino, about 50 km (31 miles) north-east of Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Hundreds of people were back on the streets of Belarus' capital on Thursday morning, forming long "lines of solidarity" in protest against an election they say was rigged to extend the rule of the country's authoritarian leader and against a crackdown on rallies that followed the vote. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Thousands in Belarus form 'lines of solidarity' in protest

By Yuras Karmanau Aug. 13, 2020 04:31 AM EDT

CORRECTING COUNTRY IN CAPTION TO BELARUS - People with old Belarusian National flag gather in a street protesting the election results in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. The demonstrators are contesting the official count showing President Alexander Lukashenko winning a sixth term with 80% of Sunday's vote, with crowds taking to the streets every night since to demand a recount. (AP Photo)
Thousands in Belarus decry president's reelection as rigged

By Yuras Karmanau Aug. 12, 2020 11:44 AM EDT

People help a wounded demonstrator during a mass protest following presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. Thousands of people have protested in Belarus for a second night after official results from weekend elections gave an overwhelming victory to authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, extending his 26-year rule. A heavy police contingent blocked central squares and avenues, moving quickly to disperse protesters and detained dozens. (AP Photo)
Protests in Belarus continue despite challenger's departure

By Yuras Karmanau Aug. 11, 2020 12:59 PM EDT