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Belarus axed as host of ice hockey tournament over 'security concerns'

Sponsors of IIHF championships had begun to drop out after violent government crackdown on protests

Published: 18 Jan 2021

Biodiversity: what happened next? Chernobyl fears resurface as river dredging begins in exclusion zone

Scientists warn of threat of nuclear contamination from work on giant E40 waterway linking Baltic to the Black Sea

Published: 23 Dec 2020
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'They march for freedom': Belarus wins EU’s Sakharov prize – video

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Published: 16 Dec 2020
China worst offender in record-breaking year for jailing of journalists

Published: 15 Dec 2020

Photographers against Oppression print sale for Belarus – in pictures

Photographers against Oppression have organised a print sale to raise money for those adversely affected by recent events in Belarus

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Published: 25 Nov 2020
Belarus: thousands protest against death of teacher in police custody

Roman Bondarenko, 31, died after being beaten by plainclothes police officers in Minsk

Published: 15 Nov 2020
Belarus tells banks to seize money raised to help out protesters

Money frozen in accounts of people who were hoping to use it for treatment or to pay fines

Published: 13 Nov 2020
UK expels Belarus diplomats in tit-for-tat move

Foreign Office retaliates after expulsion of British diplomats following protests in Minsk

Published: 10 Nov 2020

The world is rocked by protest – but does taking to the streets ever work?

Simon Jenkins

From Minsk to São Paulo, protesters think they are making a difference. But political reform must come from within, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Published: 30 Oct 2020

Published: 30 Oct 2020
'What made him come there?': Lukashenko's surprise meeting with his critics

Twelve political prisoners were gathered in a KGB office in Minsk. Then the president walked in

Published: 29 Oct 2020
Biden vows to back Belarus opposition in removing Lukashenko

Democratic presidential hopeful accuses Donald Trump of failing to speak up for people of Belarus after disputed election

Published: 28 Oct 2020
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Belarus riot police burst into apartment looking for protesters – video

Video shows a policeman using a baton to beat a man who was draped with the pre-Soviet red-and-white flag, the symbol adopted by the opposition

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Published: 27 Oct 2020

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