News on the topic: political prisoners
01.04.2024 The pressure continues: what happened to political prisoners between March 12 and 27
Viasna reports the latest news about political prisoners.
28.03.2024 HRDs demand rehabilitation of 46 convicted participants of peaceful assemblies
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
28.03.2024 Seven more persons recognized as political prisoners in Belarus
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
27.03.2024 German MP becomes godparent for Ales Bialiatski
As part of our #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (German Bundestag, FDP) has taken on the god-parenthood of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski.
25.03.2024 Statement on recognizing Ihar Karnei as political prisoner
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
24.03.2024 Human rights organizations demand rehabilitation of 20 former political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
20.03.2024 Human rights community declares eight more persons political prisoners
Statement by the Belarusian human rights community
19.03.2024 Catholic believer sentenced to three years in a penal colony in Minsk
On March 14, the Minsk City Court sentenced Catholic believer Uladzislau Beladzed.
14.03.2024 "It should have been a restriction of freedom, not a deprivation." How political prisoners live in open-type correctional institutions
Sending geolocation every two hours. Video calls with the inspector twice a day.
13.03.2024 Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya demands news of her imprisoned husband
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Friday marched to the country's embassy in Lithuania, holding a photo of her imprisoned husband and demanding information about him after a year of being incommunicado.
13.03.2024 The statement on the recognition of 10 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
12.03.2024 Statement by human rights defenders in connection with the crackdown on lawyers
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
12.03.2024 What happened to political prisoners from February 20 to March 12
Viasna reports the latest news about political prisoners.
11.03.2024 MEPs launch the second edition of the #EPSTANDSBYYOU initiative
During the plenary session in Strasbourg, MEPs will sign personalised postcards for political prisoners in Belarus.
11.03.2024 At least 24 political prisoners released in February having served their sentences
Viasna reports the sentences of political prisoners in a monthly digest.