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EU prepares to slap Belarusian President with post-vote sanctions
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union (EU) will target Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and 14 officials with sanctions on Friday, in a bid to increase pressure on a government it does not recognise.
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Protesters attack police station in Minsk's Central district
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], October 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Protesters attacked a police station in the Central district of the Belarusian capital on Sunday and hurled stones at security service vehicles, Minsk police chief Ivan Kubrakov said.
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At least 150 detained across Belarus in Opposition rallies
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], October 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarus' non-governmental human rights centre Viasna reported that at least 140 people have been detained across the country in the 10th consecutive Sunday of mass opposition rallies.
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58 people detained at Saturday protests across Belarus
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], October 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Fifty-Eight people have been detained during unauthorized opposition protests across Belarus on Saturday, including 43 participants in students' demonstration in Minsk, the Belarusian Interior Ministry's spokeswoman, Olga Chemodanova, said on Sunday
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Over 700 people detained during protests in Belarus
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Over 700 people were detained during the unauthorized protests held across Belarus on Sunday, with 570 of them placed under arrest until court hearings, the Belarusian Interior Ministry said on Monday.
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Belarusian police use water cannons, stun grenades to disperse pro
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], October 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarusian police used water cannons and stun grenades against participants of an unauthorized rally in Minsk, Natalia Hanusevich, a spokeswoman for the police department of the Minsk City Executive Committee, told Sputnik on Sunday.
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Several dozen protesters detained at opposition rally in Minsk
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], October 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Several dozen protesters have been detained at an unsanctioned opposition rally in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on Sunday, a representative from the country's Interior Ministry told Sputnik.
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Over 10 people detained at protest rally in northwestern Minsk
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 30 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 10 people were detained on Tuesday for participating in an unauthorized protest in the northwest of Belarusian capital Minsk, spokeswoman for the Minsk main police department Natalya Ganusevich told Sputnik.
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Police in Minsk detain several people ahead of scheduled protest
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Police in the Belarusian capital of Minsk have conducted the first arrests over administrative offenses ahead of yet another unauthorized anti-government rally, Natallya Hanusevich, a spokesperson for the police department of the Minsk City Execut
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UK preparing to impose human rights sanctions against Belarus, say
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
London [UK], September 24 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced on Thursday that the UK government was preparing to impose sanctions against Belarus, based on the alleged human rights violations committed by President Alexander Lukashenko's government.
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Lukashenko says Belarusians protected peace, sovereignty at electi
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Wednesday at his inauguration that Belarusians protected the country's peace and sovereignty at the presidential election.
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US State Department official to meet with Belarusian opposition in
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], September 21 (ANI/Sputnik): US State Department's Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Nathan Sales is scheduled to visit Lithuania on Monday to hold talks with representatives from Belarus's opposition.
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