News on the topic: administrative prosecution

Crackdown on antiwar protests in Belarus cities and small towns

09.04.2022 Crackdown on antiwar protests in Belarus cities and small towns

Belarusians protesting against the war in which the territory of Belarus is involved against their will

'They beat him slightly, striking him in body and in face': another account on ill-treatment of detained protesters

22.03.2022 'They beat him slightly, striking him in body and in face': another account on ill-treatment of detained protesters

Witness talks about torture and conditions in detention centers of Minsk and Žodzina

Arrested protester: “He took woman out into corridor and banged her head against wall”

17.03.2022 Arrested protester: “He took woman out into corridor and banged her head against wall”

Eyewitness account of anti-war protesters' detention condition

Heads beaten and ribs broken: how police treats anti-war protesters in Minsk

15.03.2022 Heads beaten and ribs broken: how police treats anti-war protesters in Minsk

Former detainee talks about his arrest and conditions in prison

230 people detained after anti-war and anti-referendum protests

02.03.2022 230 people detained after anti-war and anti-referendum protests

People are held in detention centers in inhumane conditions

Wave of searches in open penitentiaries

19.02.2022 Wave of searches in open penitentiaries

KGB officers arrested, searched, and interrogated convicts and former convicts serving their sentences in open penitentiaries

Political prisoner Ales Kaputski released after 60 days of arrest

17.02.2022 Political prisoner Ales Kaputski released after 60 days of arrest

The authorities have repeatedly used repeated sentencing against him for the purpose of politically motivated pressure

Ales Kaputski sentenced to another 15 days of administrative imprisonment

18.01.2022 Ales Kaputski sentenced to another 15 days of administrative imprisonment

The human rights defender was supposed to be released on January 16, 2021, but was again sentenced to 15 days of arrest.

Human rights defenders call to release three new political prisoners

30.12.2021 Human rights defenders call to release three new political prisoners

Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community

Ruslan Bahdanouski: “Head of the detention center was threatening to rape me with a baton”

08.12.2021 Ruslan Bahdanouski: “Head of the detention center was threatening to rape me with a baton”

A taxi driver Ruslan Bahdanouski left Belarus after serving a 30-day imprisonment and told “Viasna” about the unbearable detention conditions and torture.

Political persecution in Belarus on December, 2-3

03.12.2021 Political persecution in Belarus on December, 2-3

With the referendum coming up, repressions against Belarusians are strengthening: people are being detained, searched and intimidated in other ways.

Man with Parkinson’s and brain pacemaker beaten and imprisoned in Babrujsk

22.11.2021 Man with Parkinson’s and brain pacemaker beaten and imprisoned in Babrujsk

There’s a high risk that if the neurostimulator in his head stops working, he might just die.

Couple released after over 100 days in dire conditions

11.11.2021 Couple released after over 100 days in dire conditions

Anastasiya Krupenich-Kandratsiyeva and her husband Siarhei Krupenich were released on November 5, after spending nearly four months in a detention facility in Minsk. The couple left Belarus shortly after release.

Siarhei Krupenich and Anastasiya Krupenich-Kandratsiyeva are political prisoners

12.10.2021 Siarhei Krupenich and Anastasiya Krupenich-Kandratsiyeva are political prisoners

Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community

Nearly 100 days in prison: Husband and wife convicted for seventh time over “extremist content” in private messages

12.10.2021 Nearly 100 days in prison: Husband and wife convicted for seventh time over “extremist content” in private messages

On October 11, Siarhei Krupenich and Anastasiya Krupenich-Kandratsiyeva, a young couple in Minsk, were sentenced to 15 and 14 days of “administrative imprisonment” for exchanging “extremist content” in a private conversation on the Telegram messaging app.

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