21:12 Ales Byalyatski honored by U.S. State Department

The U.S. State Department has named jailed Belarusian rights activist Ales Byalyatski a recipient of its annual Human Rights Defenders Award.

17:00 Minsk riot police in Helsinki (Photo, video)

Finnish hockey fans saw what they can meet in Minsk.

16:34 Vital Rymasheuski: IIHF continues traditions of cooperation with dictators

A vivid example of these traditions is holding the Olympic Games in Nazi Germany in 1936.

15:25 Alyaksandr Atroshchankau: “Crackdown on oppostion will only grow after IIHF's decision”

Alyaksandr Atroshchankau, a coordinator of European Belarus civil campaign and former political prisoner, comments on a decision to hold the ice hockey world championship in Minsk.

15:18 Mikalai Khalezin: “We will struggle to cancel ice hockey world championship in Minsk”

Initiators of the campaign to move the ice hockey world championship from Minsk are not going to surrender.

IIHF Congress approved Minsk as a place of World Ice Hockey Championship in 2014.

13:55 BAJ: Scale of crackdown against certain journalists and editorial boards was unprecedented

The presidential campaign of 2010 has drastically changed the situation of independent mass media.

13:51 Teenager was beaten by five policemen (Video)

A Young Front member Raman Pratasevich, who raised a national white-red-white flag in central Minsk, told how the detention was taking place.

13:45 No to Minsk 2014 (Video)

Pickets against hosting the 2014 IIHF World Championship in Minsk are carried out in Helsinki during  a IIHF congress.

13:32 Ales Byalyatski allowed a 1-day meeting with his wife

Political prisoner Ales Byalyatski allowed a 1-day meeting with his wife

12:31 Moody’s retained negative outlook on Belarus’s banking system

Moody’s Investors Service retained its negative outlook on Belarus’s banking system.

12:19 Zmena: I won't go to “polls”! Ignore 2012 (Photo)

On May 17, activists of Tell the Truth campaign held an action against taking part in the “parliamentary election”.

12:11 Andrei Dzmitryeu: What do we do in the parliamentary elections?

"Tell the Truth" activists tell Euroradio how they liked the detention center in Smalyavichy and when they plan to return there.

12:10 Ivonka Survilla: Amensty International takes Lukashenka's side

Chairperson of the Council of the Belarusian People's Republic (BNR), Ivinka Survilla, comments on a refusal of the Amnesty International to recognize Syarhei Kavalenka prisoner of conscience.

11:57 Yury Chyhilejchyk sentenced to supervised release

He was sentenced to 3.5 years of supervised release without transfer to special institutions.

11:47 Ksenia Dzyahelka chooses "Mr. BSU Journalism Faculty" (Video)

A school student from Kastrychnitski settlement was invited to judge the contest "Mister BSU Journalism Faculty — 2012".

11:39 Syarhei Kavalenka remains in prison

On May 18, the Vitebsk region court dismissed an appeal against the decision of the Pershamaiski district court, which sentenced Syarhei Kavalenka to two years' imprisonment.

11:25 Rene Fasel washed one's hands

President of MFH proposed policies to solve the problem of human rights violations in Belarus.

10:54 Azerbaijani opposition activist released from prison before the Eurovision Song Contest

Human rights activists expect to release the remaining political prisoners.

10:37 Absurdity as deliverance from dictatorship

Everybody finds pursuits after one’s own heart and devotes oneself to it with all one’s oppositional zeal.

10:10 Kozik in Granit bullied and lied

Workers shocked by meeting with chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions.

10:06 Mikalai Statkevich may be thrown into punishment cell again

Information about the increased pressure on political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich has been confirmed.

9:20 Lukashenka bought late Turkmenbashi’s Boeing (Photo)

Charter97.org learnt that from informed sources at the National air company Belavia.

9:11 Syarhei Kavalenka's wife detained in Vitebsk

It happened at 5:40 a.m. near the Vitebsk region court.