Last week, the Belarusian democratic opposition was torn apart by a particular question — should the West isolate and pressure Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko with tougher sanctions, or offer ...

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya warns the West not to be taken in by the Belarussian dictator after he freed her husband in a ...

With so many political prisoners still behind bars, Lukashenko’s selective pardons fall far short of systemic change. Yet ...

Syarhey Tsikhanouski and Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya meet with Belarusians in Warsaw on June 26, days after Tsikhanouski's release from a prison in Belarus.

The euphoria following Tsikhanouski’s release briefly masked the underlying tensions. Today, the Belarusian opposition faces ...

An opposition leader in Belarus opens up about her husband’s release from prison, how the U.S. helped make it happen and why ...

Syarhey Tsikhanouski was jailed in May 2020 while attempting to run for president against authoritarian Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko. Following his release from prison in June, he spoke ...

From solitary confinement in a Belarusian prison, Sergei Tikhanovsky tried to piece together information on the outside world by listening to guards, inmates through the walls, and snippets of ...

The popular opposition blogger, sentenced to 18 years in 2020 for daring to challenge Belarus's long-time autocratic leader Alexander Lukashenko, was released in a surprise deal brokered by the ...

Photo: Alamy A diplomatic mission led by U.S. Special Envoy Keith Kellogg resulted in the release of 14 political prisoners ...