News for August 2023
15.08.2023 #FreeViasna: Latest news about jailed Viasna human rights defenders
Leanid Sudalenka left Belarus, and solidarity actions were held in Europe with our imprisoned fellows.
10.08.2023 At least 3,645 people have criminal convictions three years after the 2020 election
Viasna tells in figures about the unprecedentedly terrible situation with human rights in Belarus.
09.08.2023 “Like a burning peat bog” – Belarus three years after the mass-protests and their brutal crackdown
Libereco and Viasna gathered new data and eyewitness accounts showing the daily state terror Belarusians face.
08.08.2023 Eleven more political prisoners in Belarus over defamation charges
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
08.08.2023 Rights advocate Leanid Sudalenka on his jail experience: “I was labeled a persistent violator”
Leanid Sudalenka on why he left Belarus, how political prisoners are discriminated against, and why solidarity is essential.
08.08.2023 How human rights defenders are being silenced – a new report
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders analyses, documents, and presents its insights on the repressive policies implemented in Belarus to silence human rights defenders.
08.08.2023 “Who will defend us then?” Eight stories of human rights defenders about the crackdown on Viasna
February 16 and July 14, 2021, the authorities cracked down on non-governmental organizations and independent media outlets.
05.08.2023 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: July 2023
On July 11, Belarusian artist and political prisoner Ales Pushkin died in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Hrodna.
04.08.2023 Lech Wałęsa to Belarusian civil society: “Your suffering will pay off”
Viasna asked the prominent politician and freedom fighter to address the Belarusians on the Day of Solidarity with Civil Society in Belarus.
03.08.2023 Another group of convicted protesters recognized as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
02.08.2023 July criminal trials: at least 52 people convicted on political grounds
The amount of group cases indicates that repression is list-based.
01.08.2023 New details of the persecution of artist Ales Pushkin: charges over iconic performance restaging and solitary confinement in pre-trial detention
Viasna continues to collect information about Pushkin's persecution, imprisonment, and death.
01.08.2023 Human rights defenders identify another 14 political prisoners
Human rights community demands the immediate release of all political prisoners and the end of political repression.
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