News on the topic: political prisoners
29.10.2013 Political prisoner Vaskovich is in information blockade
For over a month the political prisoner’s relatives and friends have not been receiving letters from him.
28.10.2013 Political prisoner Dziadok thrown into punishment cell two times in autumn
Mikalai Dziadok was thrown into a punishment cell in September and October.
28.10.2013 Natallia Pinchuk: No concessions to regime
Ales Bialiatski's wife called on the West to be consistent in relation to Belarus.
21.10.2013 Nikolai Avtukhovich: A Letter from Hell
Political prisoner Nikolai Avtukhovich wrote a shocking letter from jail.
19.10.2013 Viasna welcomes the release of Pavel Seviarynets
This morning, on October 19, political prisoner Pavel Seviarynets, co-chair of the organizing committee of the party Belarusian Christian Democracy (BCD), was released from special settlement No. 7 in the village of Kuplin, Pruzhany district, Brest region, where he had been serving a three-year sentence for involvement in the events of December 19, 2010.
16.10.2013 Zmitser Dashkevich threatened with new jail term
A former political prisoner can be thrown behind bars for any violation of the rules of police supervision.
16.10.2013 Mikalai Autukhovich: Don't believe if I am reported to have a stroke
A political prisoner fears new repressions from the staff of the Hrodna prison.
14.10.2013 Opposition activists in Vitsyebsk seek permission for demonstration in solidarity with political prisoners
Opposition activists in Vitsyebsk have applied to the city government for permission to stage a demonstration in support of political prisoners on October 29.
13.10.2013 Vitsebsk oppositionists file another picket application
The coordinator of the Movement "For Freedom" in the Vitsebsk region, Khrystafor Zhaliapau and an activist of the organizing committee of the Social Democratic Party "Narodnaya Hramada" Aliaksei Haurutsikau composed their application in such a way to leave the district authorities less reasons for banning the action.
10.10.2013 Pavel Seviarynets to be released on 19 October
Prominent opposition activist Pavel Sevyarynets is expected to walk out free after his labor exile term ends on Saturday, October 19.
10.10.2013 Police reject claim for criminal prosecution of Sovetskaya Belorussia journalist for disclosure of sensitive information
The Savetski District Police Department of Minsk dismissed the claim filed by an NGO against the government-run newspaper Sovietskaya Belorussia regarding their article where the newspaper published letters being evidence in an espionage case.
09.10.2013 Former political prisoner Artsiom Dubski wanted by the police
A photo of Artsiom Dubski on the wanted list appeared in his native town, Asipovichy. He doesn't know the reasons for it. “I wonder, what have I done during my two-year absence from Belarus?” The younster hasn't lived in Belarus for two years and doesn't know the reasons for such a step of the authorities.
09.10.2013 Mikalai Autukhovich: “Now I feel alright”
Mikalai Autukhovich stated he had received a wedding album from the Dashkevichs. “I am very glad for Nasta and Zmitser”, he wrote. “My heart was glad of the happy faces in these pictures, I have received at least some positive news lately."
08.10.2013 Pavel Seviarynets: the system can punish innocent people with death
Co-chairman of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Pavel Seviarynets strongly opposes the death penalty, as well as other leaders of the party. Although not all members of the party advocate the abolition of the death penalty, says Pavel Seviarynets:
08.10.2013 Eduard Lobau about the cold in the penitentiary: “You freeze, have to cover your head at night”
Has the heating been turned on in the Ivatsevichy penitentiary? The mother of the political prisoner Eduard Lobau, Maryna Lobava, is concerned with this question.
