2024, the darkest and most repressive year for Belarusian media
Viasna has prepared a detailed report on repression against media workers and persecution of journalists and bloggers in 2024.
Harmful, dirty, meaningless: what kind of work do political prisoners do in Belarusian penal colonies
Viasna analyzed the work of political prisoners in Belarusian penal colonies and came to disappointing conclusions: meager salaries, danger to health, and the risks of persecution.
Migrants, refugees, exiles: how to name hundreds of thousands of Belarusians forced to leave their homeland
Today, International Migrant Day is celebrated worldwide. It has become extremely relevant for Belarusians in recent years.
Why Belarusian judges and penal colony chiefs end up on EU sanctions lists
On December 16, the European Union adopted its 15th sanctions package against the regimes of Russia and Belarus, introducing new sanctions against Belarusian officials, judges, as well as officials in pre-trial detention centers and penal colonies.
November: record number of families prosecuted
Over the past month, at least 144 people have become victims of criminal repression, of whom 35 are women and 109 are men.
Five Minsk judges responsible for the highest number of political convictions
Viasna reports on the five most repressive judges in Minsk who have been handling criminal political cases for more than four years.
Persecution for "agent activity" in Belarus. 19 foreigners convicted
Under this article, citizens of Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, and Japan have been sentenced to a total of 135 years in a penal colony.
Trials, wanted lists, special proceedings. How are human rights defenders persecuted in Belarus?
We report on the persecution of human rights defenders.
Parasites in places of imprisonment is a gross violation of international standards of detention
Viasna has collected dozens of testimonies from former prisoners who have been bitten by parasites and explains why this is a gross violation of international standards for the detention of prisoners.
650 people in Belarus convicted of "inciting other social hatred"
Viasna reports the people persecuted and the reasons for convictions.
The collection of signatures by presidential candidates is over
October 6 was the final day for candidates to collect signatures in the presidential election race.
29 more political prisoners pardoned in Belarus
Among the pardoned, there are 15 people with chronic diseases, six people under the age of 25, three senior citizens, and two people with disabilities.
Death penalty
- Preface by Ales Bialiatski to the book The Death Penalty in Belarus
- Malaysian man believed at risk of execution: Pannir Selvam Pranthaman
- "The existence of the death penalty is always a litmus test of the human rights situation"
- Kurdish dissident sentenced to death in Iran: Verisheh Moradi
- Over the past 10 years, 24 death sentences have been handed down in Belarus. Review of high-profile cases
- Restriction, moratorium, abolition: How Lithuania eliminated the death penalty
- Burkina Faso plans to reinstate death penalty
- Iran: youth arrested at 17 at risk of imminent execution: Mohammad Reza Azizi
- Declaration by the youth ambassadors for the abolition of the death penalty
- Singapore moves further out of step on death penalty
- New arguments in favor of abolishing the death penalty: threats and benefits for the Lukashenka regime
- "Are you ready to give these courts the right to take lives?" A film about the death penalty was showed in Warsaw
- Kurdish woman activist sentenced to death: Pakhshan Azizi (document)
- Woman Rights Defender at Risk of Execution: Sharifeh Mohammadi (document)
- "Australia should strengthen its global advocacy to abolish the death penalty", Human Rights Watch said
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