'We thank the defenders of Poland’s borders': Polish independence day overshadowed by thousands of riot police and troops turning back migrants trying to enter EU

Security forces shot dead Andrei Zeltzer, a 31-year-old programmer, during a raid at his home in Minsk

Maria Kolesnikova, Maxim Znak found guilty of conspiring to seize power and other charges over their leading roles in last year's anti-government protests

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has said she fears for her life if forced to return home; athlete's problems began after she publicly criticized her coaches

Vitaly Shishov, 26, was head of Belarusian House in Ukraine, an organization that helps his compatriots flee repression in Belarus; group accuses Lukashenko regime of murder

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya says she was almost forced onto flight from Tokyo back to Lukashenko regime after criticizing officials; she is expected to travel to Warsaw this week

Activist group supporting Krystsina Tsimanouskaya says she believes her life is in danger after criticising team manager and will request asylum from Austria

Foreign Ministry says it has summoned Belarusian chargé d'affaires to express anger over comments by Alexander Lukashenko at World War Two memorial

Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko laments 'Holocaust of the Belarusian people' during Nazi occupation of country in WWII

Israeli president apparently one of few Western leaders to send letter to Lukashenko, who ordered major crackdown after election seen as rigged, arrested dissident journalist