Belarus police will now be permitted to use combat weapons in the streets if needed, the Interior Ministry said on Monday

Belarus allows police to use firearms against protesters

Belarus security officials on Sunday used water cannon and batons on protesters who were demanding fresh presidential election. Watch: Reports said police detained several protesters beating them with their batons at a rally in Minsk.

Belarus police uses water cannon, batons to break up  anti-Lukashenko protests

In the face of ever-growing anti-government protests in Belarus, the country’s Interior Ministry has permitted the use of combat weapons in the streets in response to the protesters by the police.

Belarus: Government permits use of combat weapons against protesters

Belarus’ authoritarian president on October 10 visited a prison to talk to opposition activists, who have been jailed for challenging his re-election and triggered two months of protests.

Belarus President Lukashenko meets 11 jailed activists

The Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visited jail on Saturday to meet the detained opposition leaders, the local media reported. The news broke out when a pro-Lukashenko channel published a picture of the leader sitting at a decorated table with eleven other people who were casually-dressed.

Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko visits jail to meet detained rivals: Reports

Amid street protests in Belarus, Britain on Saturday withdrew its ambassador as President Lukashenko expelled diplomats from Poland and Lithuania. Watch: "UK condemns Belarus' decision to expel Polish and Lithuanian diplomats.

After several EU nations, UK withdraws envoy from Belarus

Belarus' opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has claimed that the possibility of the Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko getting immunity instead of facing international trial is subject to negotiation to defuse the crisis in her country.

Belarus opposition leader says trial for Lukashenko subject to negotiation

YEREVAN, Armenia — In Russia’s self-proclaimed sphere of influence, Russia is losing its influence. Concurrent crises in Belarus, Central Asia and the Caucasus region have blindsided the Kremlin, leaving it scrambling to shore up Russian interests in former Soviet republics and undermining President Vladimir Putin’s image as a master tactician on the world stage.

Putin, long the sower of instability, is now surrounded by it

Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has been placed on Russia's wanted list. According to Russia, Tsikhanouskaya is wanted on criminal charges against her.

Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Russia's wanted list

With mounting pressure on the country, the protesters again took to the streets demanding the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko. Watch report.

Protesters take to the streets in Belarus | Demanding Alexander Lukashenko's resignation

Belarus police used water cannon against demonstrators over disputed election with several people detained. Read: UK, Canada impose sanctions on Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko Reports said protesters were not just detained in capital Minsk but in other places as well including Vitebsk and Gomel as police termed it an illegal gathering.

Belarus police use water cannon in Minsk amid anti-Lukashenko protests

European Union leaders have finally agreed to impose sanctions on about 40 individuals in Belarus. They came to a decision on Friday after Cyprus dropped its opposition over demands that the bloc also punish Turkey for tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean.

EU imposes sanctions on Belarus; Lukashenko not on the list

European Union leaders have finally agreed to impose sanctions on about 40 individuals in Belarus.

EU summit opens doors to sanctions in Belarus

Belarus has, in retaliation against sanctions imposed by the EU, announced a list of sanctions it intends to press against the union. The country's foreign ministry said on Friday it had compiled a list of people barred from entering Belarus, adding it would not be made public.

Belarus announces sanctions list in retaliation against EU

French President Emmanuel Macron became on Tuesday the highest-profile Western leader to visit the exiled opposition leader of Belarus, pledging European support for the country's people.

Macron meets Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya

French President Emmanuel Macron has intervened in the political crisis of Belarus by meeting opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. Watch the report.

Wion Dispatch: Macron meets Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya

French President Emmanuel Macron will on Tuesday meet with Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya during his visit to Lithuania in what is seen as a major show of support for the activist.

Belarus opposition leader to meet French President Emmanuel Macron

Macron to meet Belarus opposition leader on September 29

Almost all the theatres in Belarus have been owned by the state since the country was a part of the Soviet Union.

Why is Alexandra Lukashenko afraid of theatres in Belarus

Belarusian police said on Sunday they had used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse "disobedient" protesters in the eastern city of Gomel and prevent them from breaking through the rows of police, Russia`s TASS news agency reported.

Belarusian police use tear gas, stun grenades against protesters: Report

French President Emmanuel Macron said that "It is a crisis of power, an authoritarian power that cannot accept the logic of democracy and which is hanging on by force. It is clear that Lukashenko has to go."

Emmanuel Macron: Lukashenko is using force to remain in power

French President Emmanuel Macron said Belarus’s leader Alexander Lukashenko has to step down, in comments to a French weekly published on Sunday. “It’s clear he has to go,” he told the Journal du Dimanche, speaking days after the European Union refused to recognise Lukashenko as the country’s legitimate president.

‘It is clear Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko has to go’: France president Emmanuel Macron

Theatre director Natalia Kaliada says she was working under lockdown long before the coronavirus pandemic, forced to work at a distance with actors and others in her native Belarus after being driven into political exile in London nearly a decade ago.

Belarusian theatre directors unbowed by coronavirus, political exile

The United States, Britain and Canada may impose sanctions on Belarus as early as Friday, four sources told Reuters, and the European Union told President Alexander Lukashenko it did not recognise him as the country’s legitimate leader.

Belarus faces imminent sanctions as pressure mounts on Lukashenko

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