World Sep 06

Belarusian opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova and Maxim Znak attend a court hearing in Minsk
Belarus court gives opposition activists lengthy sentences

A court in Belarus has sentenced two leading opposition activists to lengthy prison terms, the latest move in the relentless crackdown Belarusian authorities have unleashed on dissent in the wake of last year’s anti-government protests.

World Sep 12

10,000 women march to demand that Belarus president resign

About 10,000 women marched noisily through the Belarusian capital on Saturday, beating pots and pans and shouting for the resignation of the country’s authoritarian president in the 35th consecutive day of large anti-government protests.