Why protesters have not been able to push President Alexander Lukashenko from power.

An increasing number of family and friends of Belarusian political prisoners say they are unable to contact their loved ones.

A top jailed Belarus opposition leader, Maria Kalesnikava, is reportedly in intensive care after being hospitalized for an unknown reason, according to her supporters.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with ABC News contributor and retired Col. Steve Ganyard about the intensification of Putin’s invasion of Russia.

Belarus court sentenced Sergey Tikhanovsky, husband of opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, to 18 years in prison.

Over 1,500 migrants are living in a warehouse in Belarus amid the migration crisis with Poland that the EU accuses Alexander Lukashenko of engineering.

ABC News’ Patrick Reevell reports from Belarus on the migrant crisis at the border with Poland, as people remain trapped in worsening conditions.

Polish charities and local people have stepped in to try to help migrants.

Hundreds of desperate migrants were allegedly encouraged -- or forced -- by Belarusian police to attack the Polish border troops.

Poland and Lithuania have blocked migrants who are trapped in the forests along the border, often for weeks in freezing temperatures and without food.

Ian Pannell reports from Narewka, Poland, on the growing migrant crisis at the border.

The EU has accused Belarus’ dictator of encouraging migrants to come to the border because of sanctions imposed on his country.

A standoff is taking place on the border between Poland and Belarus, after Belarusian authorities escorted hundreds of migrants up to it.

ABC’s Ines De La Cuatera reports on the migration crisis in Belarus, where President Alexander Lukashenko is blamed for organizing the crossing of over 16,000 migrants to the Poland-Belarus border.

The European Union is accusing Belarus' president of organizing the illegal passage of migrants into Poland and other European countries.

Belarus accused of using migrants as weapons.

Top Belarus opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova has been sentenced to 11 years in jail by a court in Minsk.

Roman Protasevich, founder of the social media news channel NEXTA, played a crucial role in the anti-Lukashenko protests in Belarus.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the US will reimpose sanctions on June 3.

The mother of Belarusian blogger Roman Protasevich, who was seized by Belarus from a Ryanair flight, says he was tortured.

Audio was released of air traffic controllers in Belarus telling the pilots of a Ryanair flight to divert to Minsk due to a "bomb" threat, which ended up being a ruse to arrest an activist on board.

The RyanAir pilots were told by air traffic controllers in Belarus that there was a bomb on board the flight and they had to land at Minsk airport, as a ruse to arrest a prominent activist.

ABC News’ Patrick Reevell reports on pressure facing Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to release activist Roman Protasevich after his flight was forcibly grounded to detain him.

A new video of blogger Roman Protasevich, 26, giving what appears to be a forced confession in detention has made waves after the EU imposed sanctions on Belarus over a "hijacked" Ryanair flight.

European Union countries have imposed new sanctions on Belarus for "hijacking" a Ryanair flight so as to arrest a dissident onboard.

Belarus has been accused of “hijacking” a civilian airliner by forcing the flight to land in the country by using a fake bomb threat so authorities could arrest a prominent activist.

The weekend incident in Belarus is sparking international condemnation. ABC News’ Andrew Dymburt has details.

Belarus is accused of forcing a Ryanair flight to land so it could arrest a leading blogger who played a role in last year's mass protests against Alexander Lukashenko.

Court in Belarus sentences two journalists, Katsiaryna Andreyeva and Darya Chultsova, to two years in prison for live streaming protest amid ongoing crackdown.

Workers and students across Belarus declared strikes on Monday, heeding a call for a national strike to try to force authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko to resign.

An estimated 100,000 protesters marched peacefully through Minsk, demanding that President Alexander Lukashenko resign or face a national strike.

Police used stun grenades in Belarus' capital Minsk as huge crowds protested again against Alexander Lukashenko, ahead of an ultimatum from the opposition to step down.

Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in as president in a surprise, secretive ceremony held Wednesday.

Stepan Svetlov is a 22 year-old who runs NEXTA, a channel on the social media platform Telegram that has played a crucial role in Belarus' anti-Lukashenko protests.

Stepan Svetlov, a 22-year-old blogger, runs NEXTA, a social media channel based in Poland that has been used as an organizing tool for protests against Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko.

Maria Kolesnikova, the opposition activist leading protests against the autocratic rule of Belarus's president, has been detained at the Belarus-Ukraine border.

A key opposition leader in Belarus has disappeared in the country's capital, Minsk, after another weekend of mass protests.

Belarus' capital of Minsk was quiet on Monday after massive protests flooded the city, but authorities again moved to target the protest movement.

ABC News’ Patrick Reevell reports from Belarus, where 100,000 people marched in Minsk, on President Alexander Lukashenko’s birthday, to protest his rule, despite a heavy security presence.

Over 100,000 people filled Minsk to demand President Alexander Lukashenko step down.

Massive protests again flooded Belarus' capital Minsk on Sunday defying a heavy security presence and threat of a crackdown to demand Alexander Lukashenko step down.

Belarus has revoked press accreditation for many reporters working for most major international news agencies as authorities up pressure on protests against Lukashenko.

Tikhanovskaya spoke to ABC News Saturday in her only American TV interview.

Large protests fill Belarus' capital, Minsk, for a second weekend running, demanding President Alexander Lukashenko step down.

Demonstrations continue in Belarus over the country’s presidential election results.

Vast crowds of protesters flooded Belarus' capital of Minsk on Sunday in the largest political demonstration in the country's history.

Two American students have been caught up in the crackdown by authorities in Belarus.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators in Minsk have demanded the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko.

Protesters took to the streets in the former part of the Soviet Union that borders Russia to demand the ousting of the country’s long-time dictator.

People caught up in the Belarus crackdown tell of days without food and group beatings.