News on the topic: political prisoners
26.05.2014 Viasna welcomes release of colleague Nabeel Rajab in Bahrain!
Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and Deputy Secretary General of FIDH got out of jail on May 24 after being detained for more than 600 days.
26.05.2014 Human rights results of Ice Hockey Championship: Repressive machine shows its power in action
Valiantsin Stefanovich, Deputy Chairman of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, in his interview for spring96.org, tells about the human rights results of the Ice Hockey World Championship, which was held in Minsk from 9 to 25 May.
13.05.2014 Swiss human rights defenders support civil society of Belarus
Amnesty International’s Swiss branch calls Belarusian authorities for “fair play in the field of human rights” within an advocacy campaign coinciding with the World Ice Hockey Championship in Minsk
12.05.2014 International human rights defenders: Ice Hockey World Championships 2014 in Minsk overshadowed by detentions
Human rights organisations appeal to International Ice Hockey Federation and Belarusian President Lukashenka
08.05.2014 Political prisoner Andrei Haidukou released from Vitebsk jail
Political prisoner Andrei Haidukou released from Vitebsk jail
02.05.2014 Condition of 9 political prisoners in Belarus is critical (information as of April 2014)
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Human Rights Centre “Viasna” presented analytical report on the condition of political prisoners and limitation of freedom for civil activists in Belarus. The report provides the information as of 30 April 2014 in Russian language.
02.05.2014 Jauhen Vaskovich was transferred to a single confinement cell
Political prisoner Jauhen Vaskovich was transferred to a single confinement cell
30.04.2014 1000 days in prison: Free Ales now!
Activists of Amnesty International and Libereco - Partnership for Human Rights hold a picket in Zurich/Switzerland to remember that Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski is in prison since 1000 days on 29th April 2014.
29.04.2014 Ales Bialiatski: 1000 Days in Prison
Ales Bialiatski, head of the Human Rights Center Viasna and vice president of FIDH, has spent 1000 days behind bars.
27.04.2014 Libereco offers to sign petition to amnesty political prisoners in Belarus
On the eve of the Ice Hockey World Championship, the human rights organization “Libereco - Partnership for Human Rights” calls on President Lukashenka to release all political prisoners and to host the Championship without human rights violations.
23.04.2014 Political prisoner Parfiankou thrown to locked cell for half a year
On 7 April Vasil Parfiankou has been placed in a locked-type confinement cell for 6 months. The charter97.org web-site learnt about that from an activist of the European Belarus civic campaign Julia Sciapanava.
22.04.2014 Can political prisoners count on release under amnesty?
On April 21, it became known that the parliament was expected to review a bill on amnesty in 2014. However, the national legal portal has not yet published the document.
18.04.2014 Mikalai Autukhovich: “When I was released, former head of tax inspection asked for bodyguard”
Former political prisoner, Vaukavysk businessman told about the conditions of detention in Belarusian prisons, about his opinion on the entrepreneurial movement in Belarus and assessed the level of corruption in the country.
17.04.2014 Baranavichy: political prisoners are congratulated on Easter
April 15, Baranavichy activists sent colored greeting cards with Easter to political prisoners Mikalai Statkevich, Ales Bialiatski, Eduard Lobau, Mikalai Dziadok, Ihar Alinevich, Artsiom Prakapenka, Andrei Haidukou and Vasil Parfiankou.
16.04.2014 Political prisoner Yauhen Vaskovich is pressurized through other prisoners
As it became known to the organizing committee of the party "Belarusian Christian Democracy" from sources in Mahiliou prison No. 4, the administration started exercising pressure on the activist with the use of other prisoners.
