As Lukashenko gears up for new election, Belarusian political prisoners
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As Lukashenko gears up for new election, Belarusian political prisoners recount horrors they endured in his prisons

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for 30 years, is looking to reelect himself for the seventh time. In the run-up to the January 2025 presidential elections, Lukashenko has pardoned prisoners convicted of extremism, claiming that it was a "humane gesture" toward those who had "gone astray." Far from being criminals, those […]