Belarus

Navalny daughter accepts human rights award on his behalf

10:56 pm June 8, 2021

Geneva: The daughter of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny accepted a human rights award on her father’s behalf on Tuesday for his courage in facing down President Vladimir Putin’s government. Daria Navalnaya, a 20-year-old student at Stanford University in California, said her father was dedicating the courage award given by the Geneva Summit for Human Rights to all political prisoners in Russia and Belarus. “You really […]

Team India bags two gold in equestrian event

9:55 pm March 17, 2021

Greater Noida: The Indian team won two gold medals on the second day of the ITPF World Cup Qualifiers for Tent Pegging. The Indian team won the gold medal in Team Sword competition with 111 points. Nepal won the silver with 98 points and the bronze medal was won by Pakistan with 89.5 points. Dinesh G Karlekar, B R Jena, Mohit Kumar and Sandeep Kumar were part […]

Belarus to hold constitutional vote in less than one year

11:37 pm February 12, 2021

Kyiv: The authoritarian leader of Belarus said Friday that a referendum on changing the ex-Soviet nation’s constitution would be held in less than a year, part of government efforts to stem the tide of opposition protests. Wrapping up the two-day All-Belarus People’s Assembly, President Alexander Lukashenko said the constitutional vote would be conducted simultaneously with municipal elections which are to be held no later than […]

500 reported arrested in Belarus protests

11:33 pm November 15, 2020

Kyiv: A human rights group in Belarus said more than 500 people were arrested in protests around the country calling for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to step down. The Sunday demonstrations continued the wave of near-daily protests that have gripped Belarus since early August. In the capital Minsk, police wielded clubs and used tear gas […]

Top Belarus activist says authorities threatened to kill her

6:53 pm September 10, 2020

Kyiv: A prominent opposition activist who resisted her forcible expulsion from Belarus by ripping up her passport accused Belarusian authorities Thursday of threatening to kill her amid their efforts to end a month of protests against the country’s authoritarian president. Maria Kolesnikova said in a formal complaint released by her lawyer that agents of Belarus’ state […]

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