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June 28 2021, 5:39 pm
Meduza: Tut.by takes down 18 months worth of social media posts ahead of impending ‘extremism’ designation
Belarus’s leading independent news outlet, Tut.by, has taken down its social media archive for the entirety of 2020 and first half of 2021, in order …
Meduza
June 27 2021, 4:28 pm
AFP: Lukashenko crackdown leaves Belarus’ IT sector brain drained
The IT industry in Belarus is struggling with a rapidly dwindling number of workers as thousands of specialists decided to leave their country in the …
Agence France-Presse
June 25 2021, 1:35 pm
Court sentences Berkut ex-commander for obstructing work of journalists in 2014
Sosnovsky District Court of Cherkasy found the former commander of the Berkut special police battalion at the Main Directorate of the Ministry of …
Interfax-Ukraine
June 23 2021, 4:43 pm
OpenDemocracy: What happened to Belarusian workers after protests?
Workers who went on strike following the rigged elections of 2020 speak about their experiences under Lukashenko’s regime. Read more here.
OpenDemocracy
June 19 2021, 9:45 am
Associated Press: Portugal mayor says protesters’ details were given to embassies
LISBON, Portugal — The city council of Lisbon has for years provided foreign embassies with personal information about protesters who organize …
Associated Press
June 17 2021, 10:36 pm
RFE/RL: Belarus health workers pay ‘heavy price’ for political crisis
Amnesty International says Belarusian health workers who participated in anti-government demonstrations or spoke out against official accounts are …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
June 16 2021, 7:07 pm
Agenda.ge: Georgians, Ukrainians rally in Geneva amid Biden-Putin meeting
Georgians and Ukrainians are holding a rally in Geneva amid the ongoing meeting of the US and Russian President’s Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, …
Agenda.ge
June 12 2021, 10:05 am
Reuters: Nobel laureate writing book on ‘revolution with a woman’s face’ in Belarus
Svetlana Alexievich, who won the Nobel literature prize for her oral history of the end of the Soviet Union, is devoting her latest book to the …
Reuters
June 10 2021, 9:35 pm
RFE/RL: Navalny team vows to challenge Putin, despite watershed ruling
MOSCOW — Members of the political network built by Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny in Russia have pledged to continue their efforts to campaign for …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
June 8 2021, 7:56 pm
Associated Press: New Belarusian law threatens protesters with years in prison
The authoritarian president of Belarus signed a law on Jan. 8 that allows prison sentences of up to three years for participating in an unsanctioned …
Associated Press
June 6 2021, 10:18 am
Reuters: Hungarians protest against planned Chinese university campus
Thousands of Hungarians, some of them holding banners declaring “Treason”, protested on June 5 against a Chinese university’s plans to open a campus …
Reuters
June 6 2021, 9:26 am
RFE/RL: Prominent Belarusian political analyst flees country
A prominent Belarusian political analyst has fled the country, saying he fears being imprisoned, days after being named by detained journalist Roman …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
June 5 2021, 11:35 am
BBC: Microsoft says error caused ‘Tank Man’ Bing censorship
Microsoft blamed an “accidental human error” for its Bing search engine not showing image results for the query “Tank Man”. Read more here.
BBC
June 2 2021, 8:46 pm
RFE/RL: Associates of jailed Belarusian blogger Tsikhanouski given prison terms
HRODNA, Belarus — Three associates of jailed Belarusian blogger Syarhey Tsikhanouski, the husband of opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, have …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
June 2 2021, 4:44 pm
Associated Press: Russian opposition activists set for court amid crackdown
MOSCOW — Two opposition activists in Russia prepared for court hearings on June 2 as authorities continue to crack down on dissent ahead of the …
Associated Press
June 1 2021, 9:56 pm
Associated Press: Kremlin cracking down on dissent before vote (Interview)
MOSCOW — Russian authorities are cracking down on dissent before a crucial parliamentary election in September, in what a leading Kremlin critic on …
Associated Press
June 1 2021, 8:13 pm
Reuters: Russian activist has home raided after being hauled off plane
Russian authorities raided the apartment of opposition activist Andrei Pivovarov on June 1 a day after he was hauled off a plane and taken into …
Reuters
May 30 2021, 12:35 pm
Washington Post: In Belarus, even wearing the opposition’s colors can bring trouble
MOSCOW — On some evenings in Belarus’s capital – at a prearranged time after the police patrols have moved on – windows open and protesters shout …
Washington Post
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