Belarusian opposition blogger, Roman Protasevich, whose arrest made international headlines after the plane he was on was forced to land in Minsk in 2021, was pardoned on Monday (May 22), reported the Belarusian state news agency Belta.

Belarusian activist Roman Protasevich arrested on Ryanair flight ‘pardoned’

On Friday, Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, announced the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize 2022, which was awarded to one individual and two organisations that “represent civil society in their home countries.

Nobel Peace Prize 2022 winners: Who are the human rights activists in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine?

In an ongoing crackdown on dissent by President Alexander Lukashenko's regime, Belarusian security police searched offices and homes of lawyers and human rights activists.

Belarus police raids offices, homes of activists in ongoing crackdown on dissent