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Belarusian authorities have released an imprisoned U.S. citizen, a Belarusian journalist for a U.S.-funded media outlet and ...

Andrey Kuznechyk, a journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was one of those released from a Belarusian prison after ...

Three detainees have been released from detention in Belarus, including one American, the White House said on Wednesday, as U ...

The White House said Wednesday that President Trump secured the release of at least three people jailed in Belarus, including ...

Human rights groups and Belarusians say they see no signs that Alexander Lukashenko is preparing to loosen his iron grip on ...

Since Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, was killed by the Morality Police in fall of 2022, Iran has been enveloped in protests. The movement, called “Woman, Life, Freedom” is in many ways ...

According to the opposition's report, $1.7 million in U.S. aid is frozen -– more than half of all foreign aid to independent ...

Alexander Lukashenko, the autocratic leader of Belarus who claimed victory in another election derided as a sham, played a "dirty game" in releasing an American hostage to coincide with the ballot ...

Opposition leader-in-exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who fled Belarus under government pressure after challenging Lukashenko in 2020, had denounced the election in advance and had urged voters to ...