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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Violent clashes broke out in Belarus as police attacked protesters gathering for a second night to demand that Alexander Lukashenko step down after a contested election.

Protests in Belarus broke out Sunday against the results of a presidential election that gave the country's authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, a landslide win.