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Belarus raids apartments of opposition activists as part of sweeping probe called latest crackdown
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBelarus' criminal investigation agency said Tuesday that it has conducted raids as part of a...
27 Nobel laureates demand the release of political prisoners in Belarus
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn an open letter, 27 Nobel laureates have demanded the release of all political prisoners in...
Nobel Peace Prize Jointly Awarded to Belarus Rights Activist, Russian and Ukrainian Groups
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- Human rights advocates in the former Soviet neighbors of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia...
Dozens of Nobel Prize winners demand release of Belarus political prisoners
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoHuman Rights Watch says that hundreds of rights activists, journalists, lawyers, opposition...
Europe praises, Belarus scorns Nobel for rights defenders
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOfficials in Europe and the U.S. praised the awarding of this year's Nobel Peace Prize to activists...
In Lukashenko’s Belarus, Belarusian culture is not welcome
Kyiv Independent via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWhile Belarusian is one of the two official state languages in Belarus, the decision to speak, read,...
Belarus Court Sentences Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Bialiatski to 10 Years
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 1 year ago(Bloomberg) -- Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, who won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize...
Op-Ed: Why 'canceling' the Russian language isn't the way to support Ukraine
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUnlike during the Cold War, U.S. students now shy away from studying Russian. But we need to read...
How two SoCal immigrants and Alexander Chee are reinventing the gift box — for books
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen the author Alexander Chee agreed to select “American fiction” for a subscription service called Boxwalla, starting with two works arriving in mailboxes this month, he understood an essential ...