AFP - Belarussian riot police seized hundreds of protestors as they swept away an opposition camp in central Minsk, ending an act of unprecedented defiance against veteran President Alexander Lukashenko.

Reuters - Belarussian police on Friday broke up a five-day-old opposition rally mounted in protest against President Alexander Lukashenko's re-election, detaining about 200 demonstrators.

AP - Palina has just months to go before getting her master's degree at Belarus' top university, but she is ready to risk her diploma to participate in round-the-clock protests against a new term for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

AP - Police stormed a protest rally against the contested re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko early Friday and arrested dozens of demonstrators.

AP - AP correspondents Maria Danilova, Jim Heintz and Steve Gutterman have been covering the political protests in the Belarus capital of Minsk.

AP - Long after Minsk has gone to bed, October Square is alive with rock music and chants of "long live Belarus."

AP - The leader of the Belarusian opposition urged solidarity Wednesday in the face of a growing crackdown on government critics protesting the disputed re-election of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Reuters - About 300 opposition supporters danced and sang folk songs to overcome freezing weather overnight, keeping up protests against Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko's re-election for a fifth day on Thursday.

AFP - Belarussian opposition supporters were spending a fourth freezing night on the main square of Minsk, but their protest showed no sign of shaking authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

AP - Inga made a stack of pancakes, packed them carefully in her bag and sped to a small tent camp in the center of Minsk, eager to provide homemade food to opposition activists.

Joanna Wypior - AHN Staff Reporter Minsk, Belarus (AHN) – In what is beginning to look like a similar scene to Ukraine’s orange revolution of late 2004, hundreds of opposition activists in Belarus are in the fourth day of protests against what they consider fraud in the re-election of...

Joanna Wypior - AHN Staff Reporter Minsk, Belarus (AHN) – In what is beginning to look like a similar scene to Ukraine’s orange revolution of late 2004, hundreds of opposition activists in Belarus are in the fourth day of protests against what they consider fraud in the re-election of...

AP - The crowd at the Belarusian capital's main square chants Alexander Milinkevich's name around the clock. When he visits their encampment, people flock to him so eagerly that they rip down the anchor cords of some of the tents.

AFP - Belarussian opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich and about 1,000 supporters completed a second night camped on the icy main square of Minsk to demand new presidential elections.

AFP - Demonstrators protesting the re-election of hardline Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko vowed to stay put in the city centre until a major rally planned for the weekend, in what has become the biggest challenge to the authoritarian Moscow-backed regime.

Andrea Moore - AHN Staff Reporter Minsk, Belarus (AHN) - Several hundred defiant demonstrators who have camped out in a central square are enduring freezing temperatures for a third day to protest the re-election of authoritarian Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. The opposition leader,...

AFP - Four aides to Belarus' main opposition presidential candidate, Alexander Milinkevich, were detained close to a square in central Minsk where protesters had spent the night, an opposition spokesman said.

AFP - Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko faced growing Western criticism over his clinching of a third term in office as protestors camped in the capital resolved to carry on fighting for an annulment of presidential election results.

Reuters - Belarussian President Alexander Lukasheneko faced a challenge to his election victory on Tuesday from international critics and protesters who camped out in the capital overnight accusing him of rigging the count.

Matthew Borghese - AHN Staff Writer Minsk, Belarus (AHN) - The international community is condemning elections in Belarus after President Alexander Lukashenko won his third term in office. Both the United States and the European Union say there are "serious flaws" in the election where the...