The Human Rights Center “Viasna”

News on the topic: criminal persecution

03.02.2012 Supreme Court upholds verdict to Sannikau

The appeal against the ruling of the Partyzanski district court of Minsk filed by lawyers of presidential candidate Andrei Sannikau was dismissed.

31.01.2012 Supreme Court leaves verdict to Seviarynets unchanged

The Supreme Court of Belarus found the verdict delivered against BCD co-chairman Pavel Seviarynets in May 2011 lawful and fair.

25.01.2012 Police complete investigation of criminal case against opposition activist Syarhey Kavalenka

The police in Vitsyebsk have completed the investigation of a fresh criminal case against Syarhey Kavalenka, a member of the Conservative Christian Party.

20.01.2012 Supreme Court turns down appeals by convicted anarchists

The Supreme Court of Belarus has dismissed the appeals lodged by activists of the anarchists’ movement Artsiom Prakapenka and Pavel Syramolatau sentenced to seven years of imprisonment for alleged attack on the KGB Babruisk office, www.belaruspartisan.org reports.

20.01.2012 Vitsebsk police question wife of Siarhei Kavalenka

Mrs. Alena Kavalenka, the wife of Vitsebsk activist of the Christian Conservative Party “Belarusian Popular Front” Siarhei Kavalenka, who is currently facing criminal charges for alleged violation of parole restrictions, has been interrogated by local police, the Nasha Niva newspaper reports.

19.01.2012 Jailed Belarusian Activist On Hunger Strike Being 'Forcibly Fed'

VITSEBSK, Belarus -- Medical personnel have begun forcibly feeding a jailed political activist on hunger strike in eastern Belarus, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.

16.01.2012 Siarhei Kavalenka appeals verdict at UN Human Rights Committee

Vitsebsk opposition activist Siarhei Kavalenka, who is currently facing criminal charges for alleged violation of parole restrictions, submitted a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee shortly before his arrest on 19 December 2011, www.vitebskspring.org reports.

16.01.2012 Jailed Belarusian Activist's Friends Kept From Seeing Him On His Birthday

VITSEBSK, Belarus -- The friends and colleagues of a political activist jailed in eastern Belarus have been prevented from visiting him on his birthday, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.

12.01.2012 Vitsebsk: Siarhei Kavalenka placed into isolation ward

As the mother of the political prisoner from Vitsebsk, Siarhei Kavalenka who is on a hunger strike for 24 days, has found out, he was placed in an isolation ward a week ago.