Alexander Lukashenko has said that a woman’s role is not to lead Belarus. The head of state, who has ruled the Eastern ...

Belarusian authorities have detained over 100 relatives of political prisoners in a new wave of arrests ahead of January’s ...

Ahead of Belarus' January elections, authorities have detained over 100 relatives of political prisoners. President ...

Belarus's presidential elections are set to take place in January 2025. On Thursday, Lukashenko was asked whether a woman ...

Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus for three decades, has some wise insight on what it takes to be a president: Be a man. “God forbid that a woman is elected in Belarus,” the president, who ...

Human rights activists say imprisoned Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova has resurfaced after more than 20 months ...

The father of imprisoned Belarusian opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova says she’s considering asking authoritarian ...

Lukashenko pardons 31 political prisoners as pre-election police raids intensify. Lukashenko allows the family to visit Maria ...

Her father, Alexander Kolesnikov ... was a prominent face in Belarus's 2020 mass protests that erupted following Lukashenko's re-election to a sixth term. He is currently the longest-serving ...

Kolesnikova, one of the most popular and charismatic figures who helped lead protests of Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, was last heard from in February 2023. The 42-year ...

Imprisoned Belarus Activist Maria Kolesnikova Is ... is considering asking the country's authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko for a pardon after more than four years behind bars, her ...

Alexander Kolesnikov spoke ... gained prominence when mass protests broke out in Belarus after the widely disputed August 2020 election gave Lukashenko a sixth term. With her close-cropped hair ...