3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (137+ words) REFORM. news (" REFORM. by) Lithuanian Citizen Detained in Belarus on Suspicion of Espionage The KGB has detained Lithuanian citizen Miroslavas Trotskis in Belarus. It is claimed that Trotskis was an agent of Lithuanian intelligence services with the codename "Ringo." State…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (218+ words) REFORM. news (" REFORM. by) Coale Promises to Raise Case of 19-Year-Old Political Prisoner Sentenced to 10 Years in Belarus " ". " ": spring96. org Former political prisoner Siarhei Sparysh, released on Sept. 11, 2025, with U. S. assistance, appealed to U. S. presidential envoy John Coale to help secure the release…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (133+ words) REFORM. news (" REFORM. by) Activist From Naroulia Sentenced to 10 Years on "High Treason" Charges The Mahiliou Regional Court has sentenced public activist Mikalai Vitkouski from Naroulia, Homielskaya Viasna reported. He was found guilty of "high treason" under Article 356 of the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (260+ words) REFORM. news (" REFORM. by) Belarus to Send Germany Copy of Verdict Against Deceased Siegling Belarus will send Germany a copy of the Supreme Court verdict against Hans Eugen Siegling, who died in the second half of the 20th century. The decision…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (188+ words) Aliaksandr Karneyeu from Maladzyechna, who had previously been sentenced in absentia, returned to Belarus for unknown reasons. He was tried again under a different article and sentenced to 5. 5 years in prison, the Viasna Human Rights Centre reported. The 34-year-old Karneyeu…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (215+ words) Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya issued a statement on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly and observed on May 3 since 1994. She noted that freedom of the press…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (49+ words) Reporters Without Borders has published its annual World Press Freedom Index. Belarus has moved up from 166th to 165th place. Last year, it also rose by one position. The country's score in the new ranking improved from 25. 73 to 27. 72 points. According to Reporters…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (171+ words) REFORM. news (" REFORM. by) Anzhalika Borys: Andrzej Poczobut May Return To Belarus Former political prisoner Andrzej Poczobut (Andrei Pachobut), who was released and handed over to Poland as part of an exchange, may return to Belarus, Anzhalika Borys, a former…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (213+ words) Belarusian citizen Aliaksei Tomasheu has been sentenced to 14 years in a high-security penal colony on charges of spying for Ukraine. The verdict was handed down in 2024 by a court in Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea, Radio Svaboda writes. Tomasheu was detained…...

1+ mon, 21+ hour ago  (242+ words) The Klaip'da Regional Court sentenced Tatjana Beleckaja and Mindaugas Januitis to 6. 5 and 7 years in prison respectively. The case was heard behind closed doors. The sentence was handed down today, April 15, LRT reported. Both defendants are Lithuanian citizens. Januitis was a…...