July 12, 2011 /
Christian Science Monitor
Jason Motlagh
Protesters are using technology to fight against the Belarusian government crackdown.
July 12, 2011 /
Untold Stories
Dimiter Kenarov
Pulitzer Center grantees Dimiter Kenarov and Jason Motlagh were arrested by Belarussian police while reporting from the country.
July 8, 2011 /
The Washington Post
Jason Motlagh
In Minsk, during the worst economic crisis since the fall of the USSR, youth take to the streets to protest Lukashenko, seeking a revolution through social media. Will the rest of Belarus join them?
July 7, 2011 /
The Economist
Jason Motlagh
Young Belarussians are protesting President Lukashenka's economic policies by hosting clapping protests every week.
July 7, 2011 /
Time
Jason Motlagh
Thousands of young Belarusians are protesting in the streets and on social networking sites against President Lukashenko's policies.
July 7, 2011 /
The Scotsman
Jason Motlagh
Thousands of Belarusians have participated in "flash-mob" clapping rallies in Minsk to protest president Lukashenko's reckless economic policies.
July 5, 2011 /
The Economist
Jason Motlagh
Belarus sealed its borders with the West to control the resale of petrol. Now, citizens who once made a profit off of selling smuggled goods on the black market are struggling to make a living.
July 5, 2011 /
The Economist
Jason Motlagh
Citizens of Belarus are beginning to use social networking sites to plan protests against reckless government spending.
June 10, 2011 /
Untold Stories
Tom Parfitt
In the southwest corner of Russia, an Islamist insurgency has spread out of Chechnya into neighboring regions of the North Caucasus and is claiming hundreds of lives a year.
June 9, 2011 /
The New York Times
Nadia Shira Cohen
More than 350 homes were damaged in the 2010 Ajka Alumina plant disaster. Eight months later, the victims are still struggling to start new lives.