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On Sunday, Aliaksandr Lukashenka ‘won’ his seventh term in office in a rigged election, extending his 30-year reign by another five years. Still ‘only’ 70, this makes him one of the longest-serving heads of state in the world.
The election campaign was, of course, sterile and uneventful. But Lukashenka’s occasional reference to ‘ generational change in the coming years’ bears consideration. These remarks might have been dismissed as mere rhetoric were it not for earlier signals suggesting that a transition of power could soon dominate Belarusian politics.
Over the last three years, Lukashenka has reconfigured the country’s political system to secure his future.… Seguir leyendo »
Upon signing the North Atlantic Treaty, U.S. President Harry S. Truman declared, “We believe that it is possible for nations to achieve unity on the great principles of human freedom and justice”. Seventy-five years later, as the NATO summit convenes in D.C., the NATO alliance continues to stand as a bulwark against tyranny.
Unfortunately, tyranny is on the march in Eastern Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war of conquest in democratic Ukraine is emblematic of this sad trend. The mass terror and repression in neighboring Belarus, wrought by “Europe’s last dictator”, Alexander Lukashenko, is less frequently reported on.
Lukashenko is known to be Putin’s closest ally.… Seguir leyendo »
Par sa lutte discrète pour la liberté et la démocratie, le peuple biélorusse s’est érigé en modèle de courage et de résilience. Malgré des décennies passées sous le joug d’un régime autoritaire et de sa répression systématique, il poursuit sans relâche sa quête d’une vie de liberté. C’est une bataille qui ne doit pas être oubliée, tout particulièrement dans cette période d’instabilité mondiale.
Les valeurs fondamentales que sont le respect de la dignité humaine et des droits de l’homme, la liberté, la démocratie, l’égalité et l’Etat de droit, sont autant de points d’ancrage qui nous rassemblent, nous, Européens, et nous unissent.… Seguir leyendo »
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost two years ago caused turbulence for Belarusian ruler Aliaksandr Lukashenka, who was labelled a Putin lackey or co-belligerent. But 2023 has seen somewhat of a turnaround. Lukashenka has pivoted to selling his non-direct involvement as an asset. As Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov grudgingly acknowledged: ’Let’s not absolve Lukashenka, but credit is due for preventing any repeated invasion attempts from Belarus.’
The West, grappling with the war itself, has lost interest in Belarus as a sideshow. Lukashenka’s human rights abuses, while significant, are not regarded on a par with Putin’s war crimes. As the West lacks the ability to influence Lukashenka’s actions, its policy towards the country has narrowed to sanctions and financial support for civil society.… Seguir leyendo »
I was my son’s current age when former Soviet bureaucrat Alexander Lukashenko came to power in Belarus with the help of Russia. He turned our country into a dictatorship and a Russian colony. Parliament was dismissed, political opponents disappeared and the independent media was destroyed. Elections became a hollow ritual, with no real counting of votes. The Belarusian language was pushed out of the public space.
In 2020, my husband decided to challenge Lukashenko for the presidency. He was arrested and eventually sentenced to 18 years in prison. To support him, I decided to run in his place. To the surprise of the dictator and his Russian masters, I won.… Seguir leyendo »
No hay extracto porque es una entrada protegida.
Une information qui aura pourtant un impact direct sur des centaines de milliers de personnes en Europe est passée quasiment inaperçue dans la presse francophone. Dans sa guerre sans fin contre les opposants biélorusses en exil, le dictateur Alexandre Loukachenko a signé en ce début de septembre un décret interdisant l’obtention ou le renouvellement des passeports des citoyens et citoyennes biélorusses résidant à l’étranger par le biais des missions diplomatiques.
Imaginez. Vous êtes expatrié en Suisse ou êtes tout simplement binational et votre passeport, autre que suisse, arrive à son échéance. Pour vous, la question ne se pose pas: vous prenez un rendez-vous avec le service consulaire de votre pays, à Genève, Berne ou encore Zurich, pour faire refaire vos documents.… Seguir leyendo »
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has announced that Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the attempted mutiny against the Kremlin, has arrived in Belarus. It was Lukashenko who mediated the deal between Prigozhin and Russian President Vladimir Putin that brought an end to the march on Moscow by Wagner Group mercenaries. The agreement included a promise of asylum for the deposed Wagner leader — in Belarus.
I feel compelled to point out that no one ever asked the citizens of Belarus for their opinion on this arrangement. The reality is that Prigozhin’s arrival on our soil fills most of us with dread.
Again, we find ourselves dragged unwillingly into the chaos created by Putin’s imperial ambitions.… Seguir leyendo »
Belarus’s president, Aleksandr Lukashenko, is trying to get our attention. He is preening himself on the global stage, making the rounds in the media to take credit for brokering an end to the armed mutiny in Russia last weekend. Just weeks before, the Belarusian strongman proudly announced the delivery of the first Russian tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, boasting that he would not hesitate to use them.
We don’t yet know the details of the deal Mr. Lukashenko claims to have brokered. They are probably being rewritten as President Vladimir Putin of Russia shores up his position at home and the mutiny’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin of the Wagner private military company, weighs his options.… Seguir leyendo »
En 2022 volvió al mundo el fantasma del uso de armas nucleares en el marco de la invasión rusa de Ucrania. Desde entonces, Vladimir Putin ha blandido la espada nuclear de su país sobre Ucrania y Occidente.
Con ello, el presidente ruso trata de obligar a Ucrania a ceder a las demandas de Rusia y de disuadir a la OTAN de intervenir en el conflicto.
En un paso más allá de la amenaza, Putin anunció el pasado 25 de marzo el acuerdo con Bielorrusia para desplegar en este país armas nucleares tácticas, una nueva amenaza en la escalada de tensiones.
Ante esta situación, parece que el Tratado de No Proliferación Nuclear, un intento de salvaguardar al mundo de una catástrofe, se ve amenazado de nuevo.… Seguir leyendo »
Vladimir Putin last week gave details of Russia’s stated intent to base tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. The flurry of alarmist reporting on what this meant highlights much of what is wrong with Western responses to Russian nuclear intimidation.
How Putin’s words have been spun in the West may be a surprise to Moscow — but there’s no doubt it will be a highly gratifying one. Because Russia has already “used” nuclear weapons. It’s used them highly successfully without firing them, by trading on empty threats about potential nuclear strikes to very effectively deter the West from fully supporting Ukraine against Russia’s imperialist war.… Seguir leyendo »
En el 70º cumpleaños de Vladimir Putin, el comité del premio Nobel ha reconocido la labor de tres activistas que luchan contra el mandatario ruso y contra los regímenes pro-Putin.
El Nobel de la Paz ha recaído en el activista bielorruso encarcelado Ales Bialiatski, en la organización rusa de derechos humanos Memorial y en el Centro de Libertades Civiles de Ucrania. Los tres ganadores han sido reconocidos por el comité como ejemplos de “derechos humanos, democracia y coexistencia pacífica”.
Cabe destacar que el comité ha premiado a un activista encarcelado por el principal aliado de Putin, a un grupo de derechos humanos ruso que Putin ha intentado cerrar y a un grupo de derechos humanos ucraniano que está documentando los crímenes de guerra rusos.… Seguir leyendo »
Odesa is being shelled from the sea and from the territory of Russia, but people do not panic. They live almost normal lives. Like all Ukrainians, they have just celebrated grobki, or “little graves”. These are what we call the special days in spring when we honour the memory of deceased relatives and friends. At this time, all Ukraine dedicates itself to the care of graves in the cemeteries. Some people from Odesa will have removed the old foliage from the graves and also repaired monuments and fences destroyed or damaged by Russian missiles.
Many cemeteries in Ukraine have been destroyed or damaged by Russian troops, including Kyiv’s Berkovtsy Cemetery, near Tupoleva Street, where I grew up.… Seguir leyendo »
On Wednesday, the All England Lawn Tennis Club (better known as the venue for The Championships at Wimbledon) joined with the British Lawn Tennis Association in banning all Russian and Belarusian players from competing at its event — at least, according to the L.T.A.’s statement, “whilst the current situation continues in accordance with the UK Government guidance in place”. While acknowledging that “individual Russian and Belarusian players may not agree with the actions of their Governments and this is a situation beyond their control”, the statement also said “The continuing participation of Russian and Belarusian nationals at events risks providing a boost to these regimes when there is an unprecedented international effort to isolate them and sanction their actions”.… Seguir leyendo »
Without Belarus, Vladimir Putin would not have been able to launch his assault on Kyiv’s suburbs of Bucha, Irpin, Vorzel and Borodyanka – now scenes of unimaginable horror and devastation. In 2020, the president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko made a Faustian pact with Russia’s leader Putin. The latter helped Lukashenko to hold on to power in the face of peaceful mass protests. In exchange, the former allowed Belarus to be used as a launch pad for the invasion of Ukraine. In doing so, Lukashenko made himself complicit in a war of aggression, and any attacks on civilians launched from Belarusian territory.… Seguir leyendo »
No hay extracto porque es una entrada protegida.
In order to help Ukraine, it’s time for the West to learn from the mistakes it made in Belarus in 2020. I feel a sense of déjà vu watching Volodymyr Zelensky desperately calling for the world’s attention. He does so even as peaceful cities are being destroyed by missiles launched from my own country, Belarus. This is only possible because when Alexander Lukashenko, a dictator who has run Belarus for more than 27 years, claimed victory over me in a rigged election in our country less than two years ago, the West did too little. Vladimir Putin props up his regime.… Seguir leyendo »
The Belarusian ruler, Alexander Lukashenko, has played a key role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He has allowed Russian convoys and troops to close in on Kyiv from Belarusian territory and provided military infrastructure, notably airbases that Russian warplanes are using to attack Ukraine. The country is being bombarded by rockets arriving from Belarusian territory.
Belarus’s dictator also provides political support for Russian aggression: Belarus voted against the resolution of the UN general assembly condemning the Russian invasion (alongside Russia, Syria, North Korea and Eritrea), and its state propaganda machine mirrors Russia’s in its justifications. Like its eastern neighbour, the Lukashenko regime is arresting and repressing those who dare protest against war.… Seguir leyendo »
En la agresión que Vladimir Putin –no Rusia– está perpetrando contra Ucrania en estas horas está pasando desapercibido el papel jugado por lo que, en Derecho Penal, se califica como el cooperador necesario en la comisión de un delito.
En el ilícito internacional de suma gravedad que viola principios estructurales recogidos en la Carta de Naciones Unidas (integridad territorial y soberanía, no injerencia en asuntos internos, prohibición de la amenaza o del uso de la fuerza, igualdad soberana de los Estados, entre otros), Ucrania está sufriendo igualmente la participación de Aleksandr Lukashenko –no de Bielorrusia– como sujeto que participa en la comisión del delito (ilícito internacional) sin ser el ejecutor directo.… Seguir leyendo »
My morning today didn't start with coffee. My husband, who works for a company in the energy sector, got a phone call from work before the sun had risen. "Russians are shelling us", he was told.
Immediately we heard distant blasts -- most probably the sound of shelling near the capital's Boryspil International Airport. More dire news followed. Russians had attacked Ukraine alongside its eastern and northern border, also from Crimea. There were airstrikes on military infrastructure near big cities, intensive fighting in eastern Ukraine.
Horrible news came from Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, where shelling had damaged a residential building. An artillery explosive also hit Uman town in central Ukraine, far from the borders and uncomfortably close to our home in Kyiv.… Seguir leyendo »
