Headlines- At least five ballistic missile launches from Iran have been detected by the Israelis since midnight.
- Mehrabad Airport in Tehran is hit by strikes
- The Prince Sultan Air Base was the target of a ballistic missile that Saudi Arabia's military intercepted and destroyed, according to the country's defense ministry.
- Heavy gunfire on Friday injured three peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon inside their base in southwest Lebanon.
- To put an end to the bloodshed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged serious diplomatic negotiations..
- In a social media post, President Trump said that "no deal" other than "unconditional surrender" will be with Iran.
- Iran reportedly receives intelligence from Russia on US targets.
Tag: Belarus Protests
Exiles From Belarus Are Caught in...
Thousands of migrants attempted to enter the EU with the help of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s government, drawing global media attention to the border between Belarus and Poland. The quarrel between Warsaw and Minsk over Poland’s policy of sheltering Belarusian political exiles lies at the heart of this problem
Russia Belarus Military Ties
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko wants to deepen his ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin in order to ease his government’s international isolation, which has resulted from a harsh crackdown on political opponents
On the First Anniversary of ...
On the first anniversary of Belarus’ unprecedented crackdown on the Human Rights Center Viasna (“Viasna”), 20 international and Belarusian human rights organisations including Amnesty International are launching a campaign to demand the release of seven detained Viasna members and raise awareness of the plight of hundreds of others who have been prosecuted and imprisoned solely for exercising their right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression
‘Minsk,’ a Russian-Estonian film, Looks at...
The Belarus Government’s Crackdown On Demonstrators In August 2020 Is The Subject Of The Russian-Estonian Film “Minsk.” The Entire 90-Minute Film Was Shot In One Take, And It Will Be Released On The One-Year Anniversary Of The Atrocities
‘I Want The West To Feel...
Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya, An Exiled Belarusian Presidential Candidate, Says European Leaders Would Do More For Her Nation
During a Court Hearing, a Belarusian...
After Hearing That His Family And Neighbours Would Face Prosecution If He Did Not Plead Guilty, A 41-Year-Old Belarusian Man Attempted To Cut His Own Neck At A Court Hearing In Minsk On June 1. Last Year, As Major Protests Erupted In Belarus Over The Disputed Presidential Election Results, Stsyapan Latypau Was Imprisoned As Part Of A Violent Crackdown On Dissent
Russia Condemns ‘Irresponsible Behaviour’ of Western...
(28 May), Russian Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy told journalists that “to say from the start” that the landing in Minsk of a Ryanair plane flying from Greece to Lithuania on Sunday and the subsequent arrest of blogger Raman Pratasevich was a “forced landing, to condemn it and to impose sanctions without any investigation; this kind of behaviour is absolutely irresponsible”
Belarus Must Have Had Outside Support,...
Raman Pratasevich’s father claims that Minsk received outside assistance in what he believes was a well-planned operation to kidnap his son. On May 23, Belarus detained Pratasevich after forcing a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania to land in the Belarusian capital
Belarus Crackdown Targets Smallest Signs Of...
After being convicted of threatening a police officer in an online chat room, a Belarusian man faces two years of forced labour, while a 19-year-old arrested for displaying an opposition flag in his student dorm window faces seven years in jail on extremism charges. Following a months-long crackdown on the opposition in the aftermath of a widely regarded rigged presidential election, Belarusian authorities are now tightening their grip on even the tiniest signs of dissent
Belarusian Authorities Target Independent Trade Unions...
As part of their relentless crackdown on the protest movement in Belarus, the authorities are ruthlessly targeting independent labour unions and trampling on workers’ rights, according to Amnesty International