News on the topic: detention conditions
27.05.2022 Criminal prosecution in Belarus: legal system completely reoriented towards repression
Viasna human rights defenders prepared a report “Criminal prosecution for political reasons. Belarus 2021–2022”
09.04.2022 Crackdown on antiwar protests in Belarus cities and small towns
Belarusians protesting against the war in which the territory of Belarus is involved against their will
07.04.2022 The Observatory calls for urgent intervention in Marfa Rabkova's case
Urgent action is needed due to upcoming trial and deteriorating health of Viasna human rights defender
01.04.2022 OMCT: prisoners still suffer great risks of COVID-19
OMCT published report “Challenging detention and torture in times of Covid-19”, which collects a large array of creative legal and advocacy strategies employed all around the world
01.04.2022 Marfa Rabkova not getting urgent medical aid in jail
The health of political prisoner and human rights activist Marfa Rabkova is seriously deteriorating without adequate medical care
22.03.2022 'They beat him slightly, striking him in body and in face': another account on ill-treatment of detained protesters
Witness talks about torture and conditions in detention centers of Minsk and Žodzina
17.03.2022 Arrested protester: “He took woman out into corridor and banged her head against wall”
Eyewitness account of anti-war protesters' detention condition
15.03.2022 Heads beaten and ribs broken: how police treats anti-war protesters in Minsk
Former detainee talks about his arrest and conditions in prison
02.03.2022 230 people detained after anti-war and anti-referendum protests
People are held in detention centers in inhumane conditions
23.02.2022 Political prisoner Mikita Yemialyianau in solitary confinement for 38 days
The administration of Mahilioŭ prison continues to put pressure on political prisoner Mikita Yemialyianau
21.02.2022 170 parliamentarians from across europe write to heads of belarusian prisons
The MPs call on the prison authorities to stop all violations and abuses of the rights of the prisoners in all Belarusian detention facilities.
13.12.2021 Mikita Yemialyianau thrown into a punitive isolation cell again
Political prisoner and anarchist Mikita Yemialyianau was thrown into a punitive isolation cell again. In total, he will spend 30 days there.
08.12.2021 Ruslan Bahdanouski: “Head of the detention center was threatening to rape me with a baton”
A taxi driver Ruslan Bahdanouski left Belarus after serving a 30-day imprisonment and told “Viasna” about the unbearable detention conditions and torture.
02.12.2021 Žlobin political prisoner Ihar Povarau is tortured with cold
Žlobin political prisoner Ihar Povarau is being tortured in prison in Navapolack.
22.11.2021 Man with Parkinson’s and brain pacemaker beaten and imprisoned in Babrujsk
There’s a high risk that if the neurostimulator in his head stops working, he might just die.
