News on the topic: political prisoners
13.10.2020 Two more PandaDoc prisoners walk free
Political prisoners Yulia Shardyka and Uladzislau Mikhalap have been released today, according to their lawyers.
13.10.2020 Members of parliament from Belgium and Germany take over godparenthood for Aliaksandr Shabalin, Alena Maushuk and Pavel Piaskou
As part of Libereco’s solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou Samuel Cogolati (Kamer, Belgium), Dietmar Köster (European Parliament, Germany) und Ursula Groden-Kranich (Bundestag, Germany) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus and demand their immediate and unconditional release.
12.10.2020 2 political prisoners released on bail
Two political prisoners have been released from the KGB pre-trial prison, Belarusian state television said on October 11. Yury Vaskrasenski, a member of Viktar Babaryka's campaign team, and Dzmitry Rabtsevich, director of the PandaDoc office in Minsk, walked free to await trial under an obligation not to leave the country.
07.10.2020 20 new names on list of political prisoners
Human rights defenders call to release all persons facing "rioting" charges. Joint statement by the human rights organizations of Belarus
05.10.2020 MPs from Switzerland, Austria and Germany take over godparenthood for Dmitry Popov, Dzmitry Karaka, Yury Savitski and Aliaksandr Vasilevich
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights, the Swiss Members of the Council of States Céline Vara and Lisa Mazzone as well as the Austrian MEP Andreas Schieder and the German Member of the Bundestag René Röspel take over godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus and demand their immediate and unconditional release.
03.10.2020 Human rights groups call to release three opposition activists facing rioting charges
Joint statement by the human rights organizations of Belarus
02.10.2020 Write to Marfa!
Marathon of letters of solidarity for Viasna human rights activist Marfa Rabkova
02.10.2020 Three more German MPs "adopt" political prisoners in Belarus
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights, Members of the German Parliament Wiebke Esdar (SPD), Frank Heinrich (CDU) and Christian Petry (SPD) have taken over a prisoner’s godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus and calling for their immediate and unconditional release.
30.09.2020 Convicted protesters in Maladziečna are political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community on the sentencing of Uladzislau Yeustsihneyeu and Pavel Piaskou
30.09.2020 Civic Solidarity Platform calls to release Marfa Rabkova
We demand that Belarusian authorities immediately and unconditionally release Marfa Rabkova, terminate criminal proceedings against her and guarantee her physical and psychological security and integrity.
28.09.2020 Members of the Swiss National Council and the German Bundestag adopt Uladzimir Niaronski, Andrei Pazniak and Aleh Rubets
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights, Nik Gugger (National Council, EVP), Ottmar von Holtz (Bundestag, Bündnis90 / Die Grünen) and Dirk Wiese (Bundestag, SPD) take over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus and demand their immediate and unconditional release.
27.09.2020 Marfa Rabkova faces formal charges
Viasna activist Marfa Rabkova has been officially charged under Part 3, Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (training or other preparation of persons for participation in mass riots, or financing of such activities). She remains in custody in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Minsk.
25.09.2020 UN human rights experts: Belarus must release opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava
UN human rights experts today called on Belarus to release prominent opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava, and to bring to justice those responsible for her enforced disappearance.
25.09.2020 HRDs demand immediate release of political prisoner Stsiapan Latypau
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
25.09.2020 Urgent action by Amnesty International: Release human rights defender Marfa Rabkova
Woman human rights defender Marfa Rabkova was detained as a criminal suspect under false pretext on the evening of 17 September, by officers of the Interior Ministry’s Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption (GUBAZIK). Her husband Vadzim Zharomski was also detained but released shortly after. Marfa Rabkova may face criminal charges. She is a prisoner of conscience, targeted solely for her peaceful human rights work and must be immediately and unconditionally released.
