Lukashenko meets with Iran’s first vice president in Minsk to lament Western sanctions amid the countries’ continued support for Russia’s war against Ukraine. Lukashenko attends the CIS summit in Kyrgyzstan to mark Putin’s first trip abroad since his international arrest warrant was issued. The Belarusian parliament approves the first reading of an amended law that would place stifling restrictions on religious organizations across the country.
The UN has found Belarus violated international human rights law by imprisoning Ihar Losik, concluding that the arrest and detention of the RFE/RL journalist were "based solely on his journalistic activity and his exercise of the freedoms of expression and of association.”
Slovakia's former Prime Minister Robert Fico reached a deal on October 11 with center-left and nationalist parties to form a new government that is expected to scale back the country's support for Ukraine.