Statement on the launch of an expert mission to observe the presidential elections* in Belarus on January 26, 2025
The "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections" campaign announces the launch of an expert mission to monitor the presidential elections* in Belarus on January 26, 2025.
Former political prisoner Dzmitry Kaneuski: "I felt pressure against me in the penal colony on a daily basis"
For almost eight months before his trial, Kaneuski was held in the Homieĺ pre-trial detention center in appalling conditions: rundown walls, cold, dirt, and stench.
"Prison is outside, not inside": artworks from behind the bars (photo)
The exhibition in Vilnius, which is part of the Relentless Voices project of the Museum of Free Belarus in Warsaw, presents 60 drawings and graphic artworks.
At least 12 Ukrainian citizens held in Belarusian prisons for political reasons
Viasna reports the stories of 12 Ukrainian political prisoners who are currently imprisoned in Belarus.
At least 360 people detained in Belarus from July to September
Viasna human rights defenders traditionally calculated the total number of detentions for the third quarter of 2024.
Ukrainians convicted of a "sabotage for the Security Service of Ukraine": father and son sentenced to 20 years in a penal colony
The trial was handled by judge Yauhen Sharshniou.
Four Scottish MPs take on a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus
As part of #WeStandBYyou campaign, Kenneth Gibson (Scottish National Party), Clare Haughey (Scottish National Party), Paul Sweeney (Scottish Labour) and Ruth Maguire (Scottish National Party) become godparents of Artsiom Kasakouski, Zhanna Volkava, Hanna Karniayenka and Kseniya Khоdyrаva.
"One girl fainted after an injection right in the hallway": what is happening at Akrescina?
Viasna spoke with a former prisoner who served her sentence at Akrescina a few weeks ago about her detention, the conditions in the infamous detention centre, the epidemic of rotavirus infection, and medical care.
Journalist Ihar Ilyash detained (updated)
The photo of the journalist was published by pro-government Telegram channels.
Viasna: We demand to stop the criminal prosecution of human rights defender Alena Masliukova
The statement of Human Rights Center Viasna in connection with the sentencing in absentia against human rights defender Alena Masliukova.
The statement on the recognition of eight people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
Father's Day in Belarus: five stories about political prisoners who are fathers of many children
There are almost 30 political prisoners across the country who are fathers of many children.
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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