OSV News recently spoke with researcher Felix Corley of Forum 18 -- a news service that partners with the Norwegian Helsinki ...

Opponents of Alexander Lukashenko's regime may face losing their children. With the start of the new year, a new law has come ...

Opponents of Alexander Lukashenko's regime may lose their children under a new law that has taken effect with the new year.

The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, extended New Year’s and Christmas greetings to leaders of numerous countries, including Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Turkish President ...

The coming 12 months can’t promise the bumper crop of elections we saw during 2024, when countries home to about half the ...

Will the EU be able to pick up the slack should the Donald Trump administration reduce or end support for Ukraine? Is ...

The raid on a gay couple's home is part of a larger, ongoing campaign in Belarus to criminalize sharing information about ...

A Catholic priest in Belarus on Monday was convicted on charges of high treason for criticizing the government and handed an ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday extended his heartfelt greetings on Christmas and the New Year 2025 to heads of ...

Stand-up comedian Slava Komissarenko, 39, has been sentenced in absentia to 6 years in prison in Belarus. Source: Viasna ...

Alexander Lukashenko, the authoritarian leader of Belarus, has granted pardons to 20 individuals described by rights ...

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko announced on Saturday that he has pardoned 20 individuals accused of committing ...