News on the topic: political prisoners
25.03.2015 Mikalai Statkevich does not hope for early release
Political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich, the last of the presidential candidates in the2010 election, which is still held behind bars, does not hope for his early release. In a letter to journalist Barys Vyrvich, the political prisoner, who is serving a sentence in Shklou penal colony No. 17, tells about “another exacerbation”, saying that “the trends are opposite”.
24.03.2015 Yury Rubtsou seeks to recover moral damages from judge Palulekh
An appeal of political prisoner Yury Rubtsou against a refusal of Minsk’s Leninski District Court to hear his suit to recover moral damages from Judge Kiryl Palulekh has been appointed for March 26. The decision was announced on March 6 by Judge Veranika Abramovich. The verdict referred to a lack of jurisdiction.
24.03.2015 Ales Bialiatski: Open letter by political prisoner Mikalai Dziadok reveals the terrible truth
The head of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" commented on his Facebook public page on the appeal published today by political prisoner Mikalai Dziadok.
24.03.2015 Mikalai Dziadok: "I want to be the last convict under Article 411 of the Criminal Code"
The Human Rights Center "Viasna" published an open letter by political prisoner Mikalai Dziadok, who draws attention to the gross violations of the rights of those held in prisons, disadvantages and throw-backs of correctional institutions, as well as unfair punishment under Article 411 of the Criminal Code.
13.03.2015 Eduard Lobau gets fined for violation of the regime of preventive supervision
Former political prisoner, co-Chair of "Young Front" Eduard Lobau, who has been under preventive supervision of the police since his release from jail, was punished for its violation.
12.03.2015 Brest resident arrested for leaflets “freedom for political prisoners”
Siarhei Sukhaverkhi from Brest is in custody. Charter97.org learnt it from his friends.
10.03.2015 Tax inspectors demand that Mikalai Autukhovich pay the insurance fees for the time of his imprisonment
Businessman and former political prisoner Mikalai Autukhovich is forced to pay compulsory insurance fees to the Social Protection Fund for the time that he was kept in prison. The tax inspectors claim that their actions are legal.
06.03.2015 Judges don't fall under the jurisdiction of the courts
Judge of the Leninski District Court of Minsk Veranika Abramovich refused to instigate a criminal case on request of political prisoner Yury Rubtsou for recovery of moral damages of a judge of the same court, Kiryl Palulekh.
02.03.2015 Hary Pahaniayla: Additional prison term means Dziadok wasn't broken
Political prisoners have always been treated in a biased way: if you are against the system, you must be broken down.
27.02.2015 Östgruppen encourages Swedish Foreign Ministry to criticize verdict for Dziadok
Swedish human rights initiative Östgruppen calls yesterday’s verdict by the Mahiliou court pronounced in the case of political prisoner Mikalai Dziadok, on the one hand, extremely "original" and the other - "politically motivated", according to svaboda.org. The human rights activists are urging the government of Sweden to sharply and clearly criticize the Lukashenko regime for the persecution of dissidents.
27.02.2015 Political prisoner Rubtsou begins to receive newspapers
According to Rubtsou, to achieve it, he had to call the post office and threaten the post staff with a lawsuit.
27.02.2015 Political prisoner Mikalai Dziadok sentenced to one more year in prison
Political prisoner Mikalai Dziadok has been sentenced to one more year of imprisonment as a result of a trial that ended yesterday in a prison in Mahiliou. He was accused of violating prison rules under Article 411 of the Criminal Code. As a result, Mikalai Dziadok will have to spend one year and three more days in penal colony.
27.02.2015 Valiantsin Stefanovich: Release of political prisoners out of question
Deputy Head of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Valiantsin Stefanovich has commented on the results of the trial of Mikalai Dziadok, which ended yesterday in a prison in Mahiliou.
26.02.2015 Amnesty International stresses politically motivated prosecution of Yury Rubtsou
In its annual report presented yesterday across the world, Amnesty International has highlighted the prosecution of Belarusian activist Yury Rubtsou, who is serving a sentence in an open institution in the village of Kuplin, Pruzhany district.
24.02.2015 Political prisoner Yury Rubtsou files suit to abolish forced labor for convicts
Political prisoner Yury Rubtsou has lodged a lawsuit with the District Court in Pruzhany asking to amend the internal regulations of correctional facilities, which provide for compulsory labor for prisoners in open-type penal colonies, including unpaid community work. The jailed opposition activist has also sent a petition to the Constitutional Court.
