More than a half-million Belarusians have fled their country since 2020 as the authoritarian government cracked down its critics.

A Belarusian track coach who tried to force a sprinter to return home from the Tokyo Olympics after she was critical of the team has been charged with breaching the sport’s integrity standards.

The United States said last week it was imposing visa restrictions on several Belarusian nationals, citing Tsimanouskaya's case.

A Belarusian Olympic sprinter says she feels safe after finding refuge in Poland to avoid punishment at home for criticizing her team officials at the Tokyo Games.

President Joe Biden says the United States is levying new sanctions against Belarus, marking the one-year anniversary of Alexander Lukashenko's election win that the U.S. and international community said was fraught with irregularities.

Two Belarus team coaches have been removed from the Olympics after being involved in trying to send sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya back to their country.

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya took refuge in Poland on Wednesday after refusing to return to her authoritarian homeland from the Tokyo Olympics in a saga reminiscent of Cold War sporting defections.

For all the International Olympic Committee talks of staying neutral, its games have long proven to be essentially and sometimes overtly political.

A feud between Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya and team officials that prompted her to seek refuge in the European Union has again cast a spotlight on the repressive environment in her home country.

Poland has granted a visa to a Belarusian Olympic sprinter who said she feared for her safety and that her team’s officials tried to force her to fly home.

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is seeking protection from her home country, after she was removed from the Olympic Games due to her public criticism of the coaching staff.

Japan’s government says a Belarus track sprinter is safe after she alleged her Olympic team tried to remove her from Japan in a dispute that led to a standoff at Tokyo’s main airport.