Belarus plans a visit for foreign representatives to places where abducted Ukrainian children are held, in an attempt to evade complicity in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Minsk claims again that a Polish helicopter violated its airspace, a claim Warsaw vehemently denies. Belarusian authorities shut down the last officially registered opposition party in the lead-up to the 2024 parliamentary elections.
Press freedom experts met in Lithuania to discuss Belarus's ongoing crackdown on independent media, which has seen approximately 400 journalists forced into exile and 32 still behind bars.