15.04.2021 Viasna human rights activist Aliaksandr Vaitseshyk jailed in Baranavičy, goes on hunger strike
Aliaksandr Vaitseshyk, activist of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” in Baranavičy, was sentenced to 15 days in prison. However, it is still unknown what charges he faced.
14.04.2021 Amnetsy International calls to release minor sentenced to five years imprisonment after unfair trial
On 22 February 2021, 17-year-old Mikita Zalatarou was sentenced to five years in a correctional colony after a trial marred with irregularities, for allegedly “organizing mass disorder” and having thrown a molotov cocktail at the feet of two riot policemen.
14.04.2021 Critical bloggers Piatrukhin and Kabanau sentenced to three years in prison
The Kastryčnicki District Court of Mahilioŭ ruled today in a criminal case against Brest-based bloggers Siarhei Piatrukhin and Aliaksandr Kabanau.
13.04.2021 MPs from Germany, Denmark and the UK take over godparenthood for Viktar Siadou, Yauhen Kurhanau and Mikita Zalatarou
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco, Klaus Mindrup (Bundestag, SPD, Germany), Karen Melchior (European Parliament, Radikale Venstre, Denmark) and Lord Griffiths of Burry Port (British Upper House, Labour Party, Great Britain) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
12.04.2021 Immediately release political prisoner Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorskaya!
Joint statement of Belarusian human rights organizations
10.04.2021 Observatory condemns new cases of judicial harassment of human rights defenders in Belarus
The Observatory has been informed about the judicial harassment against Enira Branitskaya, lawyer and human rights expert, having cooperated with Human Constanta, as well as of the arbitrary detention of Natallia Trenina, Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorskaya, Yuliya Semenchanka and Hanna Sakalouskaya, and the arbitrary detention and subsequent release of Volha Shapakouskaya, five members of the Belarusian public association ‘Zvyano’ (“Chain” in English), amid the ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders and organisations in Belarus.
09.04.2021 11 new names on list of political prisoners
Joint statement by the human rights organizations of Belarus
09.04.2021 Ales Bialiatski questioned in Viasna case
Ales Bialiatski, chairman of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, has been questioned as a witness in what is known as the “Viasna case”, a criminal investigation into the organization’s alleged involvement in the financing of the 2020 post-election protests.
09.04.2021 Political prisoner Vital Shcherbich sentenced to four years in prison
Judge Anzhela Kastsiukevich of the Zavodski District Court of Minsk sentenced today political prisoner Vital Shcherbich to four years in a medium-security penal colony, finding him guilty of preparing for mass riots (Part 1 of Art. 13 and Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code).
08.04.2021 Five more convicts in defamation trials called political prisoners
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
07.04.2021 Human rights groups insist on release and retrials for 15 more political prisoners
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
07.04.2021 Political prisoner Aliaksandra Patrasayeva sentenced to three years of “home imprisonment”, released in the courtroom
Judge Volha Malashenka of the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk has sentenced political prisoner Aliaksandra Patrasayeva to three years of restricted freedom known as “home imprisonment”. The convict was released in the courtroom.
07.04.2021 Belarus in Amnesty International's Annual Report 2020/21
The year was characterized by recurrent peaceful protests, with the presidential election in August serving as a catalyst for the most egregious crackdown on freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association in Belarus’ post-independence history.
07.04.2021 Opposition politician Uladzimir Niapomniashchykh sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison
The Saviecki District Court of Homieĺ has sentenced Uladzimir Niapomniashchykh, a veteran opposition politician and political prisoner, to two years and six months in a general-security penal colony. Judge Aliaksandr Mokharau found him guilty of publicly insulting a prosecutor (Article 369 of the Criminal Code).
07.04.2021 Stop persecution of human rights activists Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorskaya and Enira Branitskaya
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
