At least 24 people released in September after serving their sentences, 67 after being pardoned
What political prisoners served their sentences for and how many of them were imprisoned; Viasna recalls their cases.
Belarus faces two complaints before the ICC
On Monday, September 30, Lithuania submitted a referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing Belarus for crimes against opponents allegedly committed on the territory of a State Party.
Ruslan Akostka: "What is happening in the Belarusian penal colonies is torture"
Ruslan told Viasna about the conditions of detention in the Horki colony and a meeting with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski.
We demand the rehabilitation of 13 former political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
Political prisoner Zmitser Dashkevich sentenced to an additional 1 year and 3 months of imprisonment
This time, the activist was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order), as well as Part 1 of Article 411 of the Criminal Code (malicious disobedience to the requirements of the penal colony administration).
"It's hard to talk about, but people forget about it." Political prisoner in the Zeltser case on the anniversary of his detention (video)
We publish a monologue by Artsiom Zadrutski on the anniversary of the Zeltser case.
Philosopher, priest, cycling activist, editor: more than 40 older people remain behind bars
On the International Day of the Older Persons, we share some of their stories.
IAPB platform welcomes Lithuania’s referral of crimes against humanity by Belarusian officials to the International Criminal Court
Statement of the International Accountability Platform for Belarus.
Evidence of the crimes of the Lukashenka regime submitted to the International Court of Justice in The Hague
The Human Rights Center Viasna helped with the collection of evidence of crimes committed by representatives of the Lukashenka regime.
"When the security forces found that I had epilepsy, they reduced the power of the taser." The story of a former prisoner
Two years of home confinement for leaving Internet comments and threats to be sent to a penal colony for condemning the Russian army.
The statement on the recognition of 7 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
"Like thousands of innocent Belarusians, Ales does not belong in prison": the world congratulates Ales Bialiatski on his birthday
On his birthday, international and Belarusian organizations, public activists, politicians, and journalists joined the congratulations.
Death penalty
- Rico Krieger returns to Germany after Belarusian death sentence
- Lukashenka pardoned German Rico Krieger, sentenced to death (updated)
- The Rico Krieger case: we have collected everything that is known (updated)
- FIDH, Viasna, and other organizations call on Belarus to stop the execution of Rico Krieger
- "An exceptional case." The coordinator of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty" spoke about the sentence of Rico Krieger
- Employee of the German Red Cross sentenced to death in Belarus
- The right to life was violated. The UN Human Rights Committee responded to the Belarusian authorities on Berazhny and Hershankou executed in 2018
- Death sentence passed in Sluck
- The prosecutor requested the death penalty for a man accused of murder
- "I've always been against it." The leader of the band Mashina Vremeni joined the campaign Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus
- We invite you to an event in Białystok for the International Day against the Death Penalty
- Protects everyone’s right to life: UN Special Rapporteurs addressed Belarusian authorities
- Human rights defenders strongly protest against expansion of the death penalty in Belarus
- Condemned prisoner's death date revealed more than a year after the execution
- Andrei Paluda: “Authorities still consider the death penalty as a deterrent”
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