MINSK — Belarusian prison officials say jailed businessman and opposition activist Mikalay Autukhovich slashed his wrists to protest his treatment in prison, RFE/RL’s Belarus Service, Radio Svaboda, reports…[READ MORE]
Belarusian police have located three female activists from the Ukrainian women’s rights group Femen who say they were abducted and terrorized by security forces after they staged one of their signature topless protests against the regime of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Minsk…[READ MORE]
Three days before Vaclav Havel passed away, he penned a letter of encouragement to eight Belarusian political prisoners.
A gift to RFE/RL’s Belarusian Service, Radio Svaboda, the letter is a testament to the cease-less support and advocacy for human rights — especially in Belarus — for which Havel was known…[Read the full letter here]
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