News on the topic: political prisoners
19.12.2012 U.S. State Department: We remember about political prisoners
At the second anniversary of the protests in Minsk State Department demanded from the Government of Belarus to release political prisoners.
19.12.2012 Two years after: Political prisoners are still behind bars, human rights violated
Human rights defenders describe the human rights situation in 2012 as "consistently poor", just like it was back in 2011. The ongoing suppressing of civil and political rights, administrative and criminal proceedings against the regime's opponents continue.
18.12.2012 Prisoner Mikalay Statkevich Does Not Receive “Novy Chas” Newspaper
The editorial office of the newspaper Novy Chas (New Times) struggles for the right of the political prisoner to get the independent newspaper.
18.12.2012 Dashkevich and Lobau: Two years behind bars
The Young Front leader was to be released from prison today.
17.12.2012 Mikalai Statkevich awarded with Willy Brandt Prize
The political prisoner received the international Willy Brandt Prize for political courage.
14.12.2012 Natallia Radzina: "We need to write about political prisoners every day"
A new episode of “Chronicles of Judgement Days” series appeared on the Internet.
14.12.2012 Greetings action in support of political prisoners. Join!
On the eve of Christmas and New Year Hrodna human rights defenders and "Young Front" activists remind about the political prisoners who are waiting for words of support.
12.12.2012 19 December picket banned in Navapolatsk
An activist of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party Siarhei Malashonak applied for authorization of a picket on the second anniversary of crack-down on the peaceful post-election demonstration in Minsk.
11.12.2012 Political prisoner Mikalai Dziadok transferred to cell-type prison facility
RFE/RL was informed about it by his father, Aliaksandr Dziadok.
11.12.2012 Radio “Racyja” expresses solidarity with political prisoners
Journalists of Radio “Racyja” voiced their support to Belarusian political prisoners on the Universal Human Rights Day, 10 December.
10.12.2012 Solidarity marathon in Warsaw
A solidarity action with political prisoners was held for 24 hours in Warsaw on 8 December. All volunteers were given an opportunity to write letters in their support.
10.12.2012 Political prisoner Zmitser Dashkevich still kept in solitary confinement
Political prisoner Zmitser Dashkevich started to prepare for Christmas in a maximum security prison in Hrodna.
10.12.2012 "Condemned to Be Free" – a short video about political prisoner Ihar Alinevich
Another mini-film of the "Chronicle of the Judgment Time" has appeared on the Internet. This one tells about the politically imprisoned anarchist Ihar Alinevich.
07.12.2012 Human Rights Center “Viasna” calls on you to mark the Human Rights Day by solidarity actions with political prisoners
On 10 December the world will celebrate another anniversary of adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly. Since 10 December 1950, this day has been marked as the International human rights day.
06.12.2012 Relatives receive the first letter from Andrei Haidukou
The “Naftan” worker, arrested for “state treachery”, has been kept in custody for more than a month already: at first at the Minsk KGB prison, no in the Vitsebsk pre-trial prison #2.
