The prosecutor requested a year of imprisonment for political prisoner Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk
Last year, she was sentenced to an additional year in a penal colony.
Mother's Day behind bars: 10 stories of women political prisoners
On Mother's Day, Viasna recalls some of the stories of women who ended up behind bars, separated from their children.
"Belarusian authorities target group of the individuals perceived as disloyal." Viasna lawyer speaks at the OSCE conference
The lawyer from Human Rights Center Viasna, Sviatlana Halauniova, spoke at the OSCE Human Dimension Conference in the session dedicated to the OSCE Moscow Mechanism.
The statement on the recognition of 5 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
October 10 is World Day against the Death Penalty
Belarus remains the only country in Europe where the death penalty exists.
The statement on the recognition of 9 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
New arguments in favor of abolishing the death penalty: threats and benefits for the Lukashenka regime
Today, Viasna human rights activist Aleh Matskevich is looking for new arguments in favor of the abolition of the death penalty.
New godparents for political prisoners in Belarus from England and Germany
As part of #WeStandBYyou campaign, Lord Simon Russell (House of Lords, Independent, England), Kevin Kühnert (Social Democratic Party of Germany) and Lord Leslie Griffiths (House of Lords, Labour Party, England) are taking on a godparenthood for Alena and Siarhei Maushuk, Volha Brytsikava and Mikhail Lapunou.
The Investigative Committee has initiated a criminal case against Platform 2025
The agency claims to have identified "22 more persons who joined the activities of Tsikhanouskaya and her supporters to seize state power in Belarus in an unconstitutional way."
"People are forced to leave the country." What did a Viasna human rights defender say at the OSCE conference
OSCE Human Dimension Conference is taking place in Warsaw (September 30 – October 11, 2024). A Viasna human rights defender also spoke there. He spoke about Human Rights Center Viasna documenting politically motivated persecution and its constant escalation.
Human rights situation in Belarus. September 2024
The prevailing climate of politically motivated repression has a significant impact on the human rights and fundamental freedoms situation in Belarus.
Yury Ziankovich sentenced to additional 2 years of imprisonment. He is currently in the KGB pre-trial detention center
Viasna has collected all known information about the persecution of the political prisoner as well as about his health.
Death penalty
- October 10 is World Day against the Death Penalty
- New arguments in favor of abolishing the death penalty: threats and benefits for the Lukashenka regime
- 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
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