News for February 2023
28.02.2023 Statement for recognition of 12 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
28.02.2023 FIDH statement: The lies behind accusations against Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski and his Viasna colleagues
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) exposes why charges against Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovich and Uladzimir Labkovich are fake.
28.02.2023 Statement of Belarusian human rights defenders on recognition of nine new political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
24.02.2023 Statement on recognition of 13 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
24.02.2023 Ukraine: Justice for the most serious crimes will promote international peace and security
Joint statement by FIDH members on the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion into Ukraine.
23.02.2023 Support the human rights defenders of Viasna when they receive their sentences
On March 3 at 12.00 in the Leninsky District Court of Minsk, the verdict of Viasna human rights defenders will be announced. We call on you to support the human rights defenders and express your solidarity with them in all possible ways on this day.
23.02.2023 "A weapon to fight dissent." New amendments to the Criminal Code approved by the Belarusian deputies
Viasna reports what other changes were approved by the Belarusian deputies.
22.02.2023 Sports in custody: how the right turned into a method of pressure
People behind bars are not just deprived of the right to physical activity — it becomes another method of pressure from the authorities, when impossible conditions are created for any, even minimal exercise.
21.02.2023 PEN International calls to take action for Nobel Laureate Ales Bialiatski on International Mother Language Day
To mark the anniversary, PEN International call to support Belarusian writer, human rights defender, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and PEN Belarus member Ales Bialiatski.
21.02.2023 "We do not serve the occupiers." The manager of an auto parts store, who refused to sell the goods to the Russian military, convicted
On February 16, the Baranavičy City and District Court announced its verdict to a 65-year-old manager of an auto parts store, Viktar Makarenka
21.02.2023 ABW.by editor Yuryi Hladchuk sentenced to 2.5 years in a penal colony
The political prisoner was found guilty under Article 342 (active participation in actions that grossly violate public order) and Article 368 (insulting Lukashenka) of the Criminal Code.
17.02.2023 Rabochy rukh group members receive 11 to 15 year in jail for high treason and creating extremist group
Political prisoners have been in custody for 17 months.
17.02.2023 Condemned prisoner's death date revealed more than a year after the execution
This is not the first time details of execution remain not known for a long time.
16.02.2023 Fifteen people recognized political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
15.02.2023 What Bialiatski, Stefanovic, and Labkovich said in their last word in court: full translation of their speeches
On February 13, human rights defenders gave their last words thus bringing to a finish the court hearings.
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