News for April 2024
16.04.2024 "The investigator turned to the wall and began to cry." The story of a senior citizen who was convicted for participating in protests
Aliaksei asked smugglers to help him escape from Belarus and jumped for joy when he was safe.
15.04.2024 The statement on the recognition of 14 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
12.04.2024 The pressure continues: what happened to political prisoners between March 27 and April 11
Viasna reports the latest news about political prisoners.
11.04.2024 New godparents for political prisoners in Belarus from Sweden, Austria and Switzerland
As part of #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, David Lega, Elisabeth Götze, Lukas Mandl and Barbara Gysi take on a godparenthood for Katsiaryna Dzhyh, Tatsiana Kurylina, Aleh Zavadski and Yuliya Laptanovich.
11.04.2024 Aliaksandr Kulinich, accused of insulting Lukashenka, died in the Brest pre-trial detention center
This is the sixth death of a political prisoner behind bars.
10.04.2024 Freelance journalist from Pinsk sentenced to six years in a penal colony and a big fine
The political prisoner was found guilty of organizing protests in Stolin and Minsk, slandering Lukashenka, and extortion.
10.04.2024 Nobel laureate Bialiatski’s condition worsens after 1,000 days in Belarusian prison, his wife says
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Ales Bialiatski marked his 1,000th day in prison in Belarus on Tuesday amid increasing fears about his deteriorating health, his wife said.
09.04.2024 "What hemophilia? You shouldn't have written comments on the Internet." The story of political prisoner Aliaksei Haloukin
He told Viasna about his time in the Hrodna pre-trial detention center and Babrujsk colony No. 2, medical care, the library, and the special squad he was part of.
08.04.2024 Human rights situation in Belarus. March 2024
Human rights violations in Belarus remain widespread, fundamental freedoms are critically vulnerable, repression against political opponents of the regime and dissidents continues, and the bellicose rhetoric of the authorities in foreign and domestic policy has intensified.
05.04.2024 At least 32 political prisoners were released in March having served their term
What political prisoners served their sentences for and how many of them were held in places of captivity, Viasna recalls their cases.
05.04.2024 The statement on the recognition of 13 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
05.04.2024 UN Human Rights Council extended the mandate of the special rapporteur on Belarus and created a body to investigate human rights violations
On April 4, the Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on the situation of human rights in Belarus.
04.04.2024 "You will travel around the world and tell us how the Belarusian diaspora lives." How the KGB were trying to persuade a Minsk resident to cooperate
A woman told Viasna how she managed to delete Telegram from her phone during the search and how she did not agree to cooperate with the KGB.
03.04.2024 Vital Chopik, detained in Brest, was taken to hospital with signs of severe beating
Recall that on March 28, 2024, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that a 40-year-old resident of Brest, who attended court hearings, was placed in a pre-trial detention center.
02.04.2024 Viasna TikTok account recognized as "extremist materials"
The court of the Central District of Minsk recognized Viasna TikTok account as "extremist materials".
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