Before his apparent suicide attempt, Stepan Latypov said he had been tortured and his family threatened, amid President Alexander G. Lukashenko’s efforts to stifle dissent.
Tag: Belarus
U.S. to Reimpose Sanctions on Belarus Over Forced Plane Landing
The move is the latest Western response to the forced landing of a European commercial flight with a Belarusian dissident aboard.
U.S. to Reimpose Sanctions on Belarus Over Forced Plane Landing
The move is the latest Western response to the forced landing of a European commercial flight with a Belarusian dissident aboard.
Russia Rejects Some Flight Plans, as Belarus Grows More Isolated
The skies over Eastern Europe became a geopolitical checkerboard, and a Swiss email provider pushed back against Belarus’s claims of an emailed bomb threat.
What’s Happening in Belarus? Here Are the Basics.
For those trying to catch up on the “state hijacking” of an airplane, the arrest of a dissident and what preceded it.
Belarus Plane Crisis Tightens Lukashenko’s Awkward Embrace of Putin
For years, the leader of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, has played the West against Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Now, weakened and isolated, he is losing leverage.
Roman Protasevich: A Belarus Activist Who ‘Refused to Live in Fear’
Disgusted by the brutality of President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Mr. Protasevich bravely embarked at 16 on a life in opposition.
Roman Protasevich: A Belarus Activist Who ‘Refused to Live in Fear’
Disgusted by the brutality of President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Mr. Protasevich bravely embarked at 16 on a life in opposition.
Roman Protasevich: A Belarus Activist Who ‘Refused to Live in Fear’
Disgusted by the brutality of President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Mr. Protasevich bravely embarked at 16 on a life in opposition.
E.U. and Britain Move to Impede Belarus’s Access to Air Travel
The European Union told airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace after the country forced a commercial flight to land in order to arrest a journalist.