"We all need to save Ales and take action to secure his freedom" (photo)
A solidarity rally with political prisoner human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski took place on September 25, his birthday, near the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Vilnius. The demonstrations were also held in other European countries.
"Suppression of dissent." Independent experts on the human rights situation in Belarus spoke at the UN
What did independent experts, the delegation of Belarus, human rights defenders say, and which positions did different states ultimately support?
Appeal filed in the case of SOBR member Yury Harauski, involved in enforced disappearances
Lawyers of international human rights organizations on behalf of victims' relatives filed an appeal against the decision of the Swiss court, which acquitted the ex-fighter of the Belarusian Special Quick Reaction Unit (SOBR) Yury Harauski.
Ales Bialiatski: "May peace remain in my soul." On the occasion of the 62nd birthday of Viasna Chairman
On his birthday, we remember his words related to various awards.
"He is free within a prison cell because true freedom lies in the soul."
Representatives of the diplomatic corps of the EU countries express solidarity with the imprisoned head of Human Rights Center Viasna and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski.
The statement on the recognition of 5 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
"Let the victims — political prisoners in Belarus — speak out"
The participants of the event at the UN Human Rights Council invited the international community to continue the discussion with leading civil society organizations, listen to their needs, and find ways to administer justice.
"The situation of political prisoners in Belarus remains one of the greatest concerns of the EU", says Josep Borrell
Speech by the Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell on the situation of political prisoners in Belarus.
"I'm probably just going to die here": The situation of political prisoners from vulnerable groups (updated)
Human rights activists have identified at least 254 political prisoners who are at particular risk of mistreatment while incarcerated.
37 more political prisoners pardoned in Belarus. Who are they? (updated)
Among them are six women, as well as senior citizens and people with chronic diseases and disabilities.
The statement on the recognition of 7 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
"They changed me into regular clothes, gave me travel money and sent me away": how political prisoners are pardoned
One of the pardoned prisoners told Viasna about the suggestion to write a petition for pardon and about the threats for refusal.
Death penalty
- Rico Krieger returns to Germany after Belarusian death sentence
- Lukashenka pardoned German Rico Krieger, sentenced to death (updated)
- The Rico Krieger case: we have collected everything that is known (updated)
- FIDH, Viasna, and other organizations call on Belarus to stop the execution of Rico Krieger
- "An exceptional case." The coordinator of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty" spoke about the sentence of Rico Krieger
- Employee of the German Red Cross sentenced to death in Belarus
- The right to life was violated. The UN Human Rights Committee responded to the Belarusian authorities on Berazhny and Hershankou executed in 2018
- Death sentence passed in Sluck
- The prosecutor requested the death penalty for a man accused of murder
- "I've always been against it." The leader of the band Mashina Vremeni joined the campaign Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus
- We invite you to an event in Białystok for the International Day against the Death Penalty
- Protects everyone’s right to life: UN Special Rapporteurs addressed Belarusian authorities
- Human rights defenders strongly protest against expansion of the death penalty in Belarus
- Condemned prisoner's death date revealed more than a year after the execution
- Andrei Paluda: “Authorities still consider the death penalty as a deterrent”
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