A Belarusian Foreign Ministry spokesman says that country ordered the closure of the rights watchdog's Minsk office because its mandate there "had been fulfilled."
The announcement comes after monitors of Europe's top rights watchdog said Belarus's December 19 presidential election showed that the country is still "a considerable way" from holding democratic vote.
Belarus's postelection repression has stifled the current wave of protest. It also made Minsk's international stance much more difficult. But what's least clear is how these events will play out in Belarusian society.
Twenty-three-year-old Illya Bohdan is a member of the opposition Belarusian Popular Front. He was detained during the election protests in Minsk on December 19. He was released on December 29 after 10 days in jail. Bohdan spoke with RFE/RL's Belarusian Service after his release.
Five out of seven Belarusian presidential candidates who ran against Alyaksandr Lukashenka in this month's election have been formally charged with organizing violent mass disturbances.
Belarusian authorities have charged opposition presidential candidates in connection with the mass disturbances that broke out in Minsk following this month's election that resulted in a fourth term for President Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
The lawyer of a Belarusian presidential candidate who has been in prison for 10 days is raising concern about her client's life.
Belarusian authorities have started to release people detained during a postelection demonstration on December 19.
With hundreds of Belarusians still in jail after protests following a controversial presidential election, a Belarusian blogger has been poring through footage from election night in a bid to identify "provocateurs."
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has named Mikhail Miasnikovich the country's new prime minister in a government reshuffle that comes less than two weeks after the presidential election.
Russia's Foreign Ministry says Belarus should release all Russian citizens detained during the December 19 demonstrations in Minsk following that country's controversial presidential election.
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