News for January 2023

Wiretap recordings, a list of political prisoners, and materials from Viasna website: what's inside Viasna case file

31.01.2023 Wiretap recordings, a list of political prisoners, and materials from Viasna website: what's inside Viasna case file

Viasna tells what constitutes the prosecution evidence and what is really targeted in these proceedings.

Bialiatski: “Criminalizing aid to victims of political repression is immoral and inhumane”

30.01.2023 Bialiatski: “Criminalizing aid to victims of political repression is immoral and inhumane”

Viasna tells what happened at the trial of the human rights center's leadership last week.

Belgian, German, and European Parliament members adopt political prisoners

30.01.2023 Belgian, German, and European Parliament members adopt political prisoners

Libereco solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou continues.

Nine new political prisoners in Belarus

26.01.2023 Nine new political prisoners in Belarus

Article 130 of the Criminal Code is selectively and discriminatorily used against dissidents to protect state bodies.

Ales Bialiatski: Criminal proceedings are politically motivated, and Viasna has operated legally

25.01.2023 Ales Bialiatski: Criminal proceedings are politically motivated, and Viasna has operated legally

What happened in court during the 13th hearing.

Post-referendum protest detainee: “Women in the cell did not know that the war had started”

25.01.2023 Post-referendum protest detainee: “Women in the cell did not know that the war had started”

On 27 February 2022, the referendum day, around a thousand protesters were detained in Belarus. Out interlocutor was one of them.

Appeal against the sentences of Rabkova and Chapiuk to be heard on February 28

25.01.2023 Appeal against the sentences of Rabkova and Chapiuk to be heard on February 28

This became known from the letter of the political prisoner Akikhiro Hayeuski-Hanada. 

EP Delegation for relations with Belarus condems sham trials of dissidents

24.01.2023 EP Delegation for relations with Belarus condems sham trials of dissidents

The delegation released a statement on the politically motivated trials of democratic forces and civil society figures in Belarus.

Human Rights Situation in Belarus in 2022

21.01.2023 Human Rights Situation in Belarus in 2022

Analytical review

EU urges Minsk release all political prisoners including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialatski

20.01.2023 EU urges Minsk release all political prisoners including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialatski

The European Union remains gravely concerned with the dire and deteriorating human rights situation in Belarus under the Lukashenka regime.

Hasty trial against Viasna continues: court reads case files at record speed

20.01.2023 Hasty trial against Viasna continues: court reads case files at record speed

On Days 7, 8, and 9, the court examined thousands of pages. Meanwhile, it became known that the court was discouraging witnesses from attending the process.

Darya Losik receives 24 months in jail for speaking out in husband’s defense

19.01.2023 Darya Losik receives 24 months in jail for speaking out in husband’s defense

The political prisoner was convicted of “facilitating extremism” for an interview to a banned oppositional media.

Nine people recognized political prisoners over defamation charges

19.01.2023 Nine people recognized political prisoners over defamation charges

Belarusian human rights community demands their release and decriminalization of defamation articles of the Criminal Code.

Viasna trial through the eyes of a spectator: Prosecution evidence is questionable and security measures unprecedented

18.01.2023 Viasna trial through the eyes of a spectator: Prosecution evidence is questionable and security measures unprecedented

Spectator at court and human rights activist Alena Masliukova share their impressions of the process.

Post-referendum protest detainee: “I saw desperation and courage in people who took to the streets that day”

18.01.2023 Post-referendum protest detainee: “I saw desperation and courage in people who took to the streets that day”

A young man who served three detentions in two years told Viasna how the detention conditions at the temporary detention center and the attitude of the staff changed during this time.

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