An American detained in Belarus has been freed, a US official told CNN on Wednesday.

Ann M. Simmons is former Moscow bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, where she covered the political, social and ...

Belarus has released a U.S. citizen who had been jailed on allegations of plotting to assassinate the country's authoritarian ...

The United States should not be "fooled" by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko into offering concessions following the ...

Despite this, political repression continues in Belarus, with the number of political prisoners at 1,253, reports the Viasna Center. The names of those released are not disclosed. Human rights ...

Belarusian comedian “Evil Sasha” turns trauma into dark humor on stage in Vilnius. Scarred by a fire and injured in 2020 protests, she fled to Lithuania. Now her sharp jokes blend laughter with the ...

More than 1,200 people behind bars in the nation of 9.5 million are recognized as political prisoners by Belarus' leading rights group, Viasna. Its founder, Nobel Prize Peace laureate, Ales ...