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Belarusian play starring Olympic basketball player sheds light on life under a repressive regime

Arts, Culture & Media

The Belarus Free Theatre has been banned by its country’s government, so the company is making plays in exile. The troupe’s newest production that opened this week in New York City tells the story of an Olympic basketball star from Belarus who becomes a dissident and comes out as gay. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko talk during their meeting in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022.

Putin reinforces military, security bonds with Belarus at Minsk meeting

Ukraine
Yadgar Hussein recounts her perilous journey through Eastern Europe in her living room in Erbil after being deported from Poland, Nov. 24, 2021.

‘I had no life left here’: Iraqi Kurds are at the center of the migration crisis in Europe

Migration
People stand around a bombed-out building

The Taliban claims responsibility for deadly car bombing in Kabul

Top of The World
Several people are shown wearing protective face masks and standing behind a red string with several folded paper airplanes attached.

EU imposes sanctions on Belarus over Protasevich arrest

Top of The World
A group of women, several wearing red, are shown with their hands in the air and with dozens of photographs in front of them.

Belarus targets journalists, activists in new raids

Global Politics

Authorities in Belarus raided homes and offices of journalists and human rights activists Tuesday in the latest move to squelch protests against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

A close-up photo of Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius as he answers questions during a meeting with the press in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vilnius, Lithuania, Aug. 11, 2020.

Lithuanian foreign minister calls for support for Belarusian protesters

Protest

Linas Linkevicius, the Lithuanian minister of foreign affairs, has been one of the most vocal world leaders speaking up against Alexander Lukashenko. He tells host Marco Werman why he supports the protesters.

A large crowd of people are shown in a public square in Minsk with a man in the center of the photograph wave a large red Belarusian flag.

Belarusian authorities crank up pressure on opposition

Protest

Authorities in Belarus on Tuesday steadily cranked up the pressure on protesters, jailing several opposition activists, summoning others for questioning and selectively ordering dozens of demonstrators to appear in court.

A single protestor holds up an old Belarusian national flag standing in front of a wall of officers holding large riot shields.

Belarus, explained: How Europe’s last dictator could fall

Global Politics

President Alexander Lukashenka of Belarus has stayed in power for 26 years by being a master tactician. But he has seriously mishandled opposition protests, says a Belarus-born scholar of Eastern European politics.

A large crowd of people are shown en mass holding signs on a bright sunny day.

Belarus workers on the streets as EU chief calls summit

Protest

Thousands of factory workers in Belarus took to the streets and crowds of demonstrators besieged the state television headquarters Monday, raising the pressure on authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to step down after 26 years in office.