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Belarus · 4 Jan 2021 Pope accepts resignation of Belarus archbishop who angered Lukashenko Pope Francis on Sunday accepted the resignation of the head of the Catholic Church in Belarus, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, who spent time… Belarus · 23 Dec 2020 Belarus to allow exiled archbishop to return home Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has decided to allow Minsk’s exiled Catholic archbishop to return home after a personal appeal from Pope Francis,… Belarus · 16 Dec 2020 Belarus Opposition leader awarded Sakharov Human Rights Prize Belarus' opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya,who was forced into exile following the presidential election in August, poses with the Sakharov human rights prize… Belarus · 14 Dec 2020 More than 130 anti-Lukashenko protesters detained in Belarus – rights group MOSCOW (Reuters) -Police in Belarus detained 135 demonstrators at a Sunday march, the Belarusian rights group Viasna-96 (Spring-96) said, as weekly protests… Belarus · 12 Dec 2020 Swiss freeze assets of Belarus leader Lukashenko ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland has frozen the financial assets of the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, following the violent aftermath of the… Belarus · 6 Dec 2020 Hundreds detained as thousands of anti-Lukashenko protesters march in Belarus MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators marched in the Belarus capital Minsk and elsewhere on Sunday as weekly protests demanding the resignation… Belarus · 4 Dec 2020 Lukashenko’s repression no longer working in Belarus, winner of ‘alternative Nobel Prize’ says STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - President Alexander Lukashenko's attempts to stifle opposition in Belarus through violent repression are no longer working, giving life to… Belarus · 28 Nov 2020 Belarus leader says he will quit when a new constitution is adopted Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday that he would step down as president once a new constitution is adopted and proposed… Belarus · 22 Nov 2020 Dozens detained in Belarus protests – rights group Belarus police detained dozens of people in Minsk on Sunday during the latest in months of anti-government protests since a disputed presidential… Belarus · 21 Nov 2020 With applause and flowers, thousands attend funeral of Belarusian protester Thousands of people silently raised their arms in the air, held flowers aloft and broke into chants outside a church in Minsk… Belarus · 19 Nov 2020 Belarus nuclear power plant restarts after equipment replaced Belarus has resumed operations at a nuclear power plant inaugurated earlier this month by President Alexander Lukashenko, the Ministry of Energy said… Belarus · 15 Nov 2020 Belarus police arrest dozens in street protests on Sunday Police in Belarus on Sunday arrested dozens of people in Minsk demonstrating against Alexander Lukashenko, leader of the ex-Soviet country, a witness…