Dzmitry Shlethauer, a 22-year-old political prisoner, died in Mahilioŭ penal colony No. 15
The exact cause of death is unknown.
"Four years have passed, but I can't forget that march to this day": the story of a Minsk driver
On October 18, 2020, a Sunday Partisan March took place in Minsk and other cities of Belarus, during which security forces detained more than 280 people.
Inmate ill-treatment and possible enforced disappearances in Belarus ongoing concerns, say UN experts
UN experts have again written to the authorities in Belarus to voice their concerns.
The statement on the recognition of nine people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
At least 13 Ukrainian citizens held in Belarusian prisons for political reasons (updated)
Viasna reports the stories of 13 Ukrainian political prisoners who are currently imprisoned in Belarus.
Deterioration of legal profession in Belarus: facts, reasons, assessments
Human rights activists note that the mass prosecution of lawyers in administrative and criminal cases began in the second half of 2022.
Pavel Sapelka: "Among 1,300 political prisoners, all candidates for this position from the previous elections are held incommunicado"
We spoke with Viasna human rights defender Pavel Sapelka about the conditions of the election campaign, the role of monitoring by human rights defenders, and the goals of the campaign.
The European Parliament: "Elections held in a climate of fear and repression cannot be considered fair"
The European Parliament reaffirms its unwavering support for the sovereignty and independence of Belarus.
Statement on the launch of an expert mission to observe the presidential elections* in Belarus on January 26, 2025
The "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections" campaign announces the launch of an expert mission to monitor the presidential elections* in Belarus on January 26, 2025.
Former political prisoner Dzmitry Kaneuski: "I felt pressure against me in the penal colony on a daily basis"
For almost eight months before his trial, Kaneuski was held in the Homieĺ pre-trial detention center in appalling conditions: rundown walls, cold, dirt, and stench.
"Prison is outside, not inside": artworks from behind the bars (photo)
The exhibition in Vilnius, which is part of the Relentless Voices project of the Museum of Free Belarus in Warsaw, presents 60 drawings and graphic artworks.
At least 360 people detained in Belarus from July to September
Viasna human rights defenders traditionally calculated the total number of detentions for the third quarter of 2024.
Death penalty
- October 10 is World Day against the Death Penalty
- New arguments in favor of abolishing the death penalty: threats and benefits for the Lukashenka regime
- 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
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