News on the topic: detention conditions
25.01.2012 Andrej Sannikau sends request for pardon to Lukashenka
It happened back on November 20. The political prisoner says that they threatened him with his wife and son's security.
23.01.2012 Jailed Ex-Belarusian Presidential Candidate Finally Sees Lawyer
VITSEBSK, Belarus -- The jailed former Belarusian presidential candidate Andrey Sannikau has been allowed to see his lawyer for the first time in two months, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.
19.01.2012 Jailed Belarusian Activist On Hunger Strike Being 'Forcibly Fed'
VITSEBSK, Belarus -- Medical personnel have begun forcibly feeding a jailed political activist on hunger strike in eastern Belarus, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.
17.01.2012 Mikalai Statkevich is in punishment cell
A lawyer of Statkevich and his wife have arrived in Mahilyou today to meet with the political prisoner.
16.01.2012 Jailed Belarusian Activist's Friends Kept From Seeing Him On His Birthday
VITSEBSK, Belarus -- The friends and colleagues of a political activist jailed in eastern Belarus have been prevented from visiting him on his birthday, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.
27.12.2011 Ales Bialiatski pays tribute to father in Minsk morgue
Ales Bialiatski was given 10 minutes to pay last tribute to his father in a morgue in Minsk this morning.
26.12.2011 Will Bialiatski be allowed to attend father's funeral?
Every authority possible has been involved to obtain permission for imprisoned Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski to attend the funeral of his father, who died on 24 December, says the human rights defender's wife Natallia, following her today's appeals submitted to the Prosecutor General's Office and the Interior Ministry.
24.12.2011 Ales Bialiatski's father dies
The father of imprisoned Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski Viktar Bialiatski, 82, has died of lung cancer this morning. Thus, Ales Bialiatski has not managed to see his dying father after the human rights defender's wife and associates were repeatedly denied the right with reference to procedural flaws and legal requirements.
22.12.2011 Ales Bialiatski will not be able to see father, says Interior Ministry
The Interior Ministry’s Department for the Execution of Sentences has banned the meeting of imprisoned Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski with his dying father, says his wife Natallia.
20.12.2011 Ales Bialiatski’s meeting with dying father possible on paper only
The wife of imprisoned Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski has received another reply from Chair of Minsk Pershamaiski District Court Mrs. Tamara Vysotskaya on the possibility of Bialiatski’s meeting with his father who is said to be on his death-bed.
16.12.2011 Text message from colony: Mikalaj Autukhovich slashes his wrists
Radio Liberty's correspondent received a text message from Ivatsevichy colony No. 5 that the political prisoner had attempted to commit suicide.
30.11.2011 Lawyer not allowed to meet Andrei Sannikau again
The ex-presidential candidate has not been able to meet his lawyer for two weeks.
24.11.2011 Sannikov is in prison outside Vitsebsk. Lawyer denied access to him again
A lawyer has been denied access to Andrei Sannikov in penal colony Vitsba-3 today.
21.11.2011 Political prisoner Autukhovich goes on hunger strike in disciplinary cell
Vaukavysk entrepreneur Mikalai Autukhovich, who is currently serving his 5-year term for alleged illegal possession and transportation of firearms, keeps being harassed by the administration of Ivatsevichy penal colony, as he has been placed in a disciplinary cell for reported disobeying orders.
17.11.2011 Urgent appeal: Viasna demands to stop abuse against Andrei Sannikau and his family
The Human Rights Center “Viasna” urges the Belarusian authorities to immediately put an end to abuses against prisoner of conscience Andrei Sannikau and his family.
