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Voting begins in elections to the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, the All-Belarusian People's Assembly, and local councils, with only four pro-government parties permitted to run. Opposition activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya urges Belarusians to boycott the elections, stating that she will hold elections to the Coordination Council in May.
2024-02-25

In Belarus a fourth political prisoner died in prison since 2022 according to Viasna Human Rights Centre.
2024-01-15

A court in Belarus sentences 18 participants who took part in the 2020 election protests against President Alexander Lukashenko to between 2 and 25 years imprisonment.
2023-06-21

Anti-war demonstrators gather in Minsk, Belarus, to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine despite Belarus's involvement in the invasion. Around 440 people are detained in the protests.
2022-02-27

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya enters the Polish embassy in Tokyo after refusing to board a flight to Belarus at Haneda Airport and asking for Japanese police protection. Her husband has left Belarus and entered Ukraine. The Japanese government says that it will take measures to protect Tsimanouskaya's stay as multiple European countries offer her asylum.
2021-08-2

Belarus reports 1,186 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 300,146 cases.
2021-03-12

Belarus reports 1,975 cases in the past 24 hours, a new single-day record.
2020-12-12

On the eve of a presidential election, Belarusian security forces arrest Maria Moroz, the campaign manager of leading opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and three Open Russia activists who traveled to Belarus to "observe Sunday's presidential election".
2020-08-8

The local KGB in Minsk arrests about 100 Ukrainian and 30 Belarusian soccer fans at a qualifying match between Ukraine and Belarus for the 2016 European Championship after they a sang the song, Putin-Huilo! (which roughly translates as "Putin is a dickhead!").
2014-10-10

The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon claims that Belarus has broken an international arms embargo on the Ivory Coast by delivering three attack helicopters to military forces supporting the President of the Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo.
2011-02-27