Exit polls in Belarus late Sunday showed autocrat Alexander Lukashenko taking 87.6 percent of the vote in a presidential race denounced by the European Union as a “sham” and the country’s ...

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

not an easing of repression Lukashenko denies there are political prisoners in Belarus DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has accused ...

Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for 31 years, is set for a new five-year term in an election that an exiled opposition leader describes as "a farce".

NBC News’ Yasmin Vossoughian reports on questions surrounding the legitimacy of the Belarus presidential election as Lukashenko tightens his grip on power.

Among the many dissident leaders now in exile is Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, whose husband remains in prison in Belarus. She met world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week.

The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old ...

Belarus has "unilaterally" freed an American woman from detention, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday, as the Kremlin-allied country held an orchestrated election poised to give ...

How do we bring equality to the world? That's a question being debated in the rarefied air of Davos, Switzerland, as billionaires and less wealthy movers and shakers gather at the World Economic ...

Exiled Rival Accuses Lukashenko of Playing 'Game' With Prisoners Before Belarus Election By Ilze Filks DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has accused ...

DAVOS, Switzerland - Exiled opposition leader ... world you call elections has nothing in common with this event in Belarus. Because it's mostly like a ritual for dictators, when they are ...