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Crypto exchange refuses to name names for Belarusian government

NewsColony6 October 2020

by NewsColony6 October 2020033

Ukraine-based crypto exchange Kuna.io is refusing to provide personal information about individuals who could potentially be labeled as dissidents by the government of Belarus. According...

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UK imposes sanctions on Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko

NewsColony29 September 2020

by NewsColony29 September 2020032

The UK has imposed sanctions on the Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, his son and six other senior government officials judged to be responsible for rigging...

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Chernobyl doc found my brain cancer

NewsColony26 September 2020

by NewsColony26 September 2020023

What to say when someone is not OK Medical breakthrough in treatment of kids’ brain cancer Brain cancer was not on Cass Bennett’s radar when...

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‘I Feel Sorry for Americans’: A Baffled World Watches the U.S.

NewsColony25 September 2020

by NewsColony25 September 2020060

BANGKOK — Myanmar is a poor country struggling with open ethnic warfare and a coronavirus outbreak that could overload its broken hospitals. That hasn’t stopped...

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Video shows taxi driver helping protester escape police in Belarus

NewsColony24 September 2020

by NewsColony24 September 2020022

An unnamed Belarusian taxi driver who helped a man escape from riot police during protests against veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko has transfixed social media users...

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UK plans ‘Magnitsky’-style sanctions against officials in Belarus

NewsColony24 September 2020

by NewsColony24 September 2020019

The UK is drawing up “Magnitsky”-style human rights sanctions against officials in Belarus responsible for administering the rigged re-election of president Alexander Lukashenko or directing...

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Hackers leak data on 1,000 Belarusian police officers

NewsColony20 September 2020

by NewsColony20 September 2020027

Anonymous hackers leaked the personal data of 1,000 Belarusian police officers in retaliation for a crackdown on street demonstrations against the veteran president, Alexander Lukashenko,...

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Hundreds of women detained during Belarus protest march

NewsColony19 September 2020

by NewsColony19 September 2020026

Riot police detained hundreds of women as opposition protesters marched through the Belarusian capital, Minsk, demanding an end to President Alexander Lukashenko’s rule. About 2,000...

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Jewish pilgrims blocked from entering Ukraine over Covid fears

NewsColony18 September 2020

by NewsColony18 September 2020019

Two thousand ultra-Orthodox Jews are being blocked by armed guards from entering Ukraine for an annual pilgrimage to a rabbi’s grave, creating a makeshift camp...

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EU Belarus sanctions in doubt as Cyprus demands action against Turkey

NewsColony17 September 2020

by NewsColony17 September 2020021

Cyprus is threatening to block European Union sanctions on Belarus because the bloc has declined to levy similar measures against Turkey over a long-simmering dispute...