News for August 2022
31.08.2022 Not to be sheeple: latest Malanka.media release documents Viasna work in exile
The documentary is part of a joint effort between documentary filmmakers and Viasna Human Rights Center.
30.08.2022 Three people recognized political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
29.08.2022 Polish MPs adopt political prisoners Daniil Skipalski, Kiryl Palcheuski, and Ryhor Davydau
Libereco’s solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou continues.
29.08.2022 What happened to political prisoners on August 22–28
Political prisoners list updated with 15 names, at least 3 political prisoners convicted, and other news.
29.08.2022 #FreeViasna: Weekly news digest on Viasna’s imprisoned human rights defenders
Latest news about imprisoned Viasna members
29.08.2022 Five more people recognized political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
26.08.2022 UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus report: “Hostile environment is used as a powerful tool to compel people to leave”
The UN website has published the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, Anaïs Marin.
25.08.2022 Ten people recognized as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
23.08.2022 TikTok-blogger sentenced to 24 months behind bars in a closed-door trial
The political prisoner was convicted of ‘insulting the President’.
23.08.2022 Student gets 3 years in jail for sending letters to election officials
The Maskoŭski District Court of Brest pronounced the verdict against 18-year-old political prisoner Raman Karpuk.
22.08.2022 HRDs condemn denunciation by Belarus of the Optional Protocol to the ICCPR
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
22.08.2022 What happened to political prisoners on August 15–21
The count of political prisoners in Belarus hits 1,300 with 28 names added to the list last week
19.08.2022 Political prisoner count hits 1,300
Seven more people recognized as political prisoners by Belarusian human rights community
17.08.2022 Fifteen people recognized political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
17.08.2022 #WeStandBYyou: German and Swiss MPs become godparents of political prisoners in Belarus
Libereco’s solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou continues as Halina Mikhalchuk, Andrei Khrenkou, und Aliaksandr Bialou got their European patrons
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