Alyaksandra Dynko is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Belarus Service.
The son of a paramedic in Belarus says his father died after being infected with the coronavirus -- and he has a document to prove it. The health minister has cast doubt on the claim, underscoring what critics say is the state’s refusal to tackle the COVID-19 crisis in a country whose president has called it a “psychosis” and falsely claimed that no citizen will die of the disease.
Several former Soviet gymnasts say they were sexually abused by their former coach, who gymnastics legend Olga Korbut has accused of raping her.
A Japanese comic-book artist is serving hard time in Belarus after vintage gun parts he brought into the country were taken as evidence of "arms smuggling."
Persecuted at home, a transgender woman from Uzbekistan is seeking asylum in Belarus -- a country that is not exactly known as a haven of tolerance when it comes to sexual orientation.
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has long dismissed Belarusian as an inferior language. But this week, he surprised the nation by giving his first speech in Belarusian in 20 years.
