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Canada slaps more sanctions on Belarus, citing human rights violations
Reuters· 4 days agoCanada is imposing another round of sanctions against Belarus officials over continuing human rights...
U.S., Canada target Belarus with sanctions over support for Russia's war, crackdown on dissent
UPI· 3 days agoOn Monday, the United States and Canada hit Belarus with sanctions over its support of Russia's war...
UN human rights body calls for halt to weapons shipments to Israel. The US votes no.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 2 weeks agoThe 47-member-country Human Rights Council voted 28-6 in favor of the resolution, with 13...
UN human rights body calls for halt to weapons shipments to Israel as concerns about Gaza war mount...
The Boston Globe· 2 weeks agoThe U.N.’s top human rights body called on countries to stop selling or shipping weapons to Israel...
Nobel laureate Bialiatski's condition worsens after 1,000 days in Belarusian prison, his wife says
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 week agoNobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Ales Bialiatski marked his 1,000th day in prison in Belarus...
Controversial 'Russian law' passes first reading in Georgia parliament
Euronews via Yahoo News· 20 hours ago“If it is adopted, it will bring Georgia in line with Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus and those...
Opinion: Why is Ukraine rejecting the Belarusian opposition?
Kyiv Independent via Yahoo News· 1 day agoImmediately after World War II, the Paris-exiled Polish intellectual Jerzy Giedroyc (of Lithuanian...
Georgia's parliament votes to approve so-called 'Russian law' targeting media in first reading
San Francisco Chronicle· 1 day agoGeorgia's parliament has voted in the first reading to approve a proposed law that would require...
Belarus convicts a famous dissident rock band and sentences its members to correctional labor
Houston Chronicle· 6 days agoNizkiz band members — Alyaksandr Ilyin, Siarhei Kulsha and Dzmitry Khalyaukin — were charged with...
Man awaiting trial for insulting Belarusian president dies in jail
Associated Press· 1 week agoA Belarusian man who was in jail awaiting trial on charges of insulting the authoritarian president has died in custody, the country’s leading human rights ...