"We associate this with his activities in the protection of human rights." The statement of Viasna in connection with a new criminal case against Leanid Sudalenka
In connection with the information about the beginning of a new criminal prosecution of human rights defender and former political prisoner Leanid Sudalenka for "promoting extremist activities", we, members of the human rights center Viasna, declare the following.
Ales Bialiatski was placed to a punishment cell in the colony
This was announced by his wife Natallia Pinchuk during her speech at the World Forum for Democracy-2023.
49 political prisoners were released in October, 47 of them completing their sentence
Viasna recounts their cases and terms in the monthly digest.
Human Rights Situation in Belarus: October 2023
Political prisoners are subjected to particularly harsh treatment while in detention, as they face arbitrarily selected disciplinary penalties resulting in inhumane conditions, and their terms of imprisonment are often extended.
What happened to political prisoners between October 25 and November 2
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
Three Members of Parliament from Poland, Germany and Norway take on a godparenthood for Anastasiya Hancharevich, Viktoryia Kulsha and Tamara Karavai
As part of our #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Janina Ochojska, Konstantin von Notz, and Rasmus Hansson have taken on a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
Belarusians in "covered prisons": how political prisoners continue to be persecuted in penal colonies
Viasna reports how the administration of the colonies punishes political prisoners and which of the political prisoners are recognized as "malicious violators of the order."
Ane Tusvik Bonde: "I will never forget the powerful feeling of the Network coming together in solidarity"
Ane Tusvik Bonde shares her reflections about the human rights situation.
"Who gave the order to destroy Viasna?” The human rights center Viasna was dissolved 20 years ago
After 20 years, we recall those events.
Statement of the human rights community on the recognition of 15 new political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
UN expert: Belarus misuses counter-terrorism and anti-extremism legislation to stifle dissent
Anaïs Marin made a statement in her report to the General Assembly.
To Make Bialiatski Better Known than Obama: How Europeans Are Fighting for Belarusians
The chairman of the international human rights organization “Libereco — Partnership for Human Rights”, Lars Bünger, has been involved with Belarusian issues for more than 20 years. He gave a big interview to Euroradio, where he spoke about his human rights journey, the fight for Belarusian political prisoners and the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou.
Death penalty
- 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”
- Tsikhanouskaya: “Activists live in fear of being shot dead”
- “It is all the more urgent to come together”: World Congress Against the Death Penalty starts
- Andrei Paluda: “I hope there will be no more death sentences”
- The UN HRC found a violation of the rights of the mother of executed Pavel Selyun
- Amnesty International: Belarus remains the only country in Europe carrying out executions
- State Department: The perpetrators of human rights abuses will be held to account
- Amnesty International: New death penalty law is the ultimate attack on human rights
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