The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday ... in the ...

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 ...

Under-funded and provided no support, India's women tennis players battle apathy just to be competitive. A new generation of ...

GENEVA (29 January 2025) – Independent human rights experts* today expressed deep concern about the lack of effective investigations into allegations of gender-based violence and ill-treatment of ...

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws ...

Belarusians are voting in a closely-managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the one-man rule of ...

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will hold its upcoming session from February 3 to ...

Also this week we locate the junta’s emergency minister in Russia studying how to deal with a falling glacier.

Belarus has more than 1,000 political prisoners, many of them detained during the mass protests that erupted after Lukashenko’s contentious re-election in 2020 ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko freed eight political prisoners Friday, in what his press office called an "act of mercy" ahead of elections set to extend his grip on power.

Aryna Sabalenka enjoyed a stupendous showing at the 2024 Australian Open, successfully defending her women's singles title ... t been allowed to use her country Belarus' flag next to her name ...