News for March 2021
04.03.2021 HRDs urge UN HRC to establish new mechanism on Belarus
Open letter calling for the UN Human Rights Council to create an accountability mechanism on Belarus
03.03.2021 8 more protesters called political prisoners
Joint statement by the human rights organizations of Belarus
03.03.2021 5 years in prison for political prisoner Ruslan Parfionau
Judge Anatol Strelchanka of the Mazyr District Court has sentenced political prisoner Ruslan Parfionau to five years in a medium-security penal colony, finding him guilty of “rioting” (Part 2 of Art. 293).
03.03.2021 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: February 2021
The human rights situation in the country continued to deteriorate, indicating an even greater aggravation of the already profound human rights crisis.
02.03.2021 Viasna human rights activist Dzmitry Salauyou detained again, named suspect in criminal case
In the evening of March 1, human rights activist and member of the Board of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Dzmitry Salauyou was detained in Minsk. The day before Salauyou was released after serving 12 days of administrative detention.
02.03.2021 Five new political prisoners in Belarus
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
02.03.2021 Tut.by reporter and whistleblower doctor convicted in political trial
The Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk has convicted tut.by journalist Katsiaryna Barysevich and medical doctor Artsiom Sarokin of illegal disclosing a medical secret, after they refuted official information alleging that the deceased protester Raman Bandarenka was drunk on the night of his death.
01.03.2021 MPs from Germany and Austria take over godparenthood for Aliaksandr Babich, Viktar Barushka and Tatsiana Lasitsa
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco, Ottmar von Holtz (Bundestag, Alliance90/The Greens), Petra Bayr (National Council, SPÖ) and Gisela Manderla (Bundestag, CDU) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
2024: May April March February January
2023: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2022: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2021: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2020: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2019: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2018: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2017: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2016: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2015: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2014: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2013: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2012: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2011: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2010: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2009: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2008: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2007: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2006: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2005: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2004: December November October September August July June May April March February January
2003: December November October September August July June May April March February January
