News for July 2021

Yauhen Hovar, Yegor Dudnikov and Aliaksandr Kardziukou 'adopted' by European MPs

23.07.2021 Yauhen Hovar, Yegor Dudnikov and Aliaksandr Kardziukou 'adopted' by European MPs

As part of Libereco’s #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Gabi Weber (German Bundestag, SPD), Vincent P. Martin (Seanad Éireann, Green Party, Ireland) and Elisabeth Falkhaven (Swedish Riksdag, Green Party) are taking over godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.

8 new names on list of political prisoners

22.07.2021 8 new names on list of political prisoners

Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community

Help release Viasna human rights defenders!

22.07.2021 Help release Viasna human rights defenders!

Ales Bialiatski, Chairman of the Human Rights Centre Viasna, Viasna’s lawyer Uladzimir Labkovich and his partner Nina Labkovich, as well as the Vice Chairman of Viasna, Valiantsin Stefanovich were transferred to pretrial detention on 17 July.

We demand retrials and release of three more political prisoners

22.07.2021 We demand retrials and release of three more political prisoners

Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community

#WeStandBYyou: New 'godparents' for Belarusian political prisoners

21.07.2021 #WeStandBYyou: New 'godparents' for Belarusian political prisoners

Members of Parliament from Sweden, Germany and Ireland adopt political prisoners Aliaksandr Hubeika, Volha Zalatar and Siarhei Hatskevich

Detained journalists of Belsat TV and RFE/RL, Tatiana Kouzina and Valeryia Kastsiuhova are new political prisoners

20.07.2021 Detained journalists of Belsat TV and RFE/RL, Tatiana Kouzina and Valeryia Kastsiuhova are new political prisoners

Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community

ENEMO calls to release Viasna human rights defenders

20.07.2021 ENEMO calls to release Viasna human rights defenders

Statement by the European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO)

9 new names on list of political prisoners

19.07.2021 9 new names on list of political prisoners

Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community

Four protesters sentenced to prison terms in Minsk

19.07.2021 Four protesters sentenced to prison terms in Minsk

Political prisoners Yan Falkin, Uladzislau Barysau and Mikita Litvinenko, together with the fourth defendant, Uladzimir Matsiukh, were sentenced to three and a half to five years in a medium-security prison.

Ten political prisoners convicted in Telegram chats case

19.07.2021 Ten political prisoners convicted in Telegram chats case

Judge Dzmitry Astapenka sentenced today ten political prisoners to five to nine years in prison, finding them guilty under Art. 293 (rioting), Art. 218 (deliberate destruction or damage to private property) and Art. 295 of the Criminal Code (illegal actions with firearms, ammunition and explosives).

International Accountability Platform for Belarus condemns detention of human rights defenders

19.07.2021 International Accountability Platform for Belarus condemns detention of human rights defenders

IAPB condemns the recent crackdown on civil society and calls for the immediate release of all political detainees and prisoners, who are held in blatant violation of international human rights law.

Libereco calls for 'tougher measures' against Lukashenko regime

19.07.2021 Libereco calls for 'tougher measures' against Lukashenko regime

The German-Swiss human rights organisation Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights calls on Europe’s governments to take tougher measures against the regime of Alexander Lukashenko.

Five political prisoners released after 72 hours of detention. Bialiatski, Stefanovich, and Labkoviches are transferred to pre-trial detention center

17.07.2021 Five political prisoners released after 72 hours of detention. Bialiatski, Stefanovich, and Labkoviches are transferred to pre-trial detention center

On July 17, some human rights defenders who had been detained on 14 July under a criminal case were released from custody after 72 hours of detention.

We demand the immediate release of the volunteers of the Country for Life Foundation. Charity is not a crime!

16.07.2021 We demand the immediate release of the volunteers of the Country for Life Foundation. Charity is not a crime!

Joint statement of Belarusian human rights community

Two more people sentenced for coordination during protests

16.07.2021 Two more people sentenced for coordination during protests

On 15 July the trial of political prisoners Mikalai Shemetau and Anastasia Tarelkа, accused of organizing and active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order (part 1 and part 2 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code), started at the Centralny District Court of Minsk for participation and coordination during the Sunday marches in August and September 2020.

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