Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has been in power for more than 30 years and just won another election widely ...

Belarus, Dec. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, File) FILE - Belarusian opposition supporters carry old Belarusian national flags, which became symbols of anti-government protests, as they ...

Belarusian opposition activists wearing the old Belarusian national flag take part in a protest against the Belarusian Presidential election at the Kudirkos square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Jan.

With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” is all but certain to add a seventh term.

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.