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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends meeting with medical staff as he visits a hospital which provides medical care to patients with COVID-19, in the town of Stolbtsy, 75 kilometers (46 miles) south-west of Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. (Maxim Guchek/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

Alexander Lukashenko clings to power in Belarus

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya vows protests until Alexander Lukashenko forced out of office

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting on the work of the economy in the current year in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. (Maxim Guchek/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

IOC suspends Belarus president Lukashenko from Olympic Games

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya gives a press conference at Christiansborg, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. (Liselotte Sabroe / Scanpix via AP)

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarus opposition leader: Alexander ‘Lukashenko must go’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Riot police block Belarusian pensioners wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. Hundreds of retirees rallied in the Belarusian capital on Monday against the country's authoritarian leader, as security forces moved to break up the traditional weekly march. The crowd of pensioners in Minsk that demanded President Alexander Lukashenko to resign ran into police cordons along the route of the march and divided into smaller groups that went into different directions. (AP Photo)

UN rights chief laments worsening situation in Belarus

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, right, greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov prior to their talks in Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. (Nikolai Petrov/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

Russia accuses the U.S. and EU of interfering in Belarus’ domestic affairs

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A man wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus holds an old Belarusian national flag during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. The Belarusian human rights group Viasna says more than 140 people have been arrested and many of them beaten by police during protests calling for the country's authoritarian president to resign. The demonstrations that attracted thousands were the 16th consecutive Sunday of large protests against President Alexander Lukashenko. (AP Photo)

Belarus’ Olympic body faces IOC punishment amid protests

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Belarusian riot police detain a demonstrator during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. A Belarusian human rights group says more than 500 people have been arrested in protests around the country calling for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to step down. The Sunday demonstrations continued to wave of near-daily protests that have gripped Belarus since early August. (AP Photo)

900 reported arrested in Belarus protests

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People gather to honor 31-year-old Raman Bandarenka, who died Thursday at a Minsk hospital after several hours of surgery due to serious injuries in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. Thousands of people have rallied in Belarus on Friday following the death of a 31-year-old opposition supporter who died in a hospital after he was reportedly beaten by security forces, and the European Union condemned the continued violent crackdown that Belarusian authorities have waged on peaceful protesters. (AP Photo)

Outrage in Belarus, EU after opposition supporter death

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Police detain a man during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. Club-swinging police went after demonstrators in the Belarusian capital who were demanding the resignation of the country's authoritarian president on Sunday, the 90th consecutive day of protests in the country. Human rights activists said nearly 400 people were arrested. (AP Photo)

UK and Belarus each expel 2 diplomats in tit-for-tat moves

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Dozens arrested at latest Belarus election, police protests

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Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, right, welcomes Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya before a meeting at the federal chancellery in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Disabled hold rally in Belarus to demand president step down

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020 file photo, Belarusian opposition supporters light phones lights and wave an old Belarusian national flags during a protest rally in front of the government building at Independent Square in Minsk, Belarus. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has relied on massive arrests and intimidation tactics to hold on to power despite nearly three months of protests sparked by his re-election to a sixth term, but continuing protests have cast an unprecedented challenge to his 26-year rule. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

Nearly 3 months after vote, Belarus protests still go strong

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People, most of them elderly women, walk during an opposition rally in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. The elderly rallied in Minsk once again on Monday to demand resignation of the country's President Alexander Lukashenko, as mass protests triggered by a disputed election continue to rock Belarus. Lukashenko's older supporters also gathered in the country's capital Monday for a pro-government rally. (AP Photo)

Retirees rally in Belarus against authoritarian president

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Elderly women hold flowers during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. Riot police clashed with protesting pensioners in central Minsk on Monday. The pensioners marched in a column through central Minsk, carrying flowers and posters with slogans such as &quot;The grandmas are with you (protesters).&quot; (AP Photo)

Belarus ramps up crackdown on protests, detains over 700

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko delivers a speech during his inauguration ceremony at the Palace of the Independence in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Lukashenko of Belarus has assumed his sixth term of office in an inauguration ceremony that wasn't announced in advance. State news agency BelTA reported that Wednesday's ceremony is taking place in the capital of Minsk, with several hundred top government official present. (Maxim Guchek, BelTA/Pool Photo via AP)

Belarus’ authoritarian leader visits his foes in prison

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, departs an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. European Union leaders met to address a series of foreign affairs issues ranging from Belarus to Turkey and tensions in the eastern Mediterranean. (AP Photo/John Thys, Pool)

Belarus, Russia announce retaliatory sanctions against EU

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with Oleg Kozhemyako, governor of the far eastern region of Primorsky Krai of Russia in Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. (Maxim Guchek/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

President of Belarus inaugurated despite election protests

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

Rights group: Dozens in Belarus investigated amid protests

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, left, speaks with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell during a meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)

EU fails to agree Belarus sanctions despite opposition plea

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press