News for September 2024
26.09.2024 "We all need to save Ales and take action to secure his freedom"
A solidarity rally with political prisoner human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski took place on September 25, his birthday, near the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Vilnius. The demonstrations were also held in other European countries.
26.09.2024 "Suppression of dissent." Independent experts on the human rights situation in Belarus spoke at the UN
What did independent experts, the delegation of Belarus, human rights defenders say, and which positions did different states ultimately support?
25.09.2024 Appeal filed in the case of SOBR member Yury Harauski, involved in enforced disappearances
Lawyers of international human rights organizations on behalf of victims' relatives filed an appeal against the decision of the Swiss court, which acquitted the ex-fighter of the Belarusian Special Quick Reaction Unit (SOBR) Yury Harauski.
25.09.2024 Ales Bialiatski: "May peace remain in my soul." On the occasion of the 62nd birthday of Viasna Chairman
On his birthday, we remember his words related to various awards.
25.09.2024 "He is free within a prison cell because true freedom lies in the soul."
Representatives of the diplomatic corps of the EU countries express solidarity with the imprisoned head of Human Rights Center Viasna and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski.
24.09.2024 The statement on the recognition of 5 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
24.09.2024 "Let the victims — political prisoners in Belarus — speak out"
The participants of the event at the UN Human Rights Council invited the international community to continue the discussion with leading civil society organizations, listen to their needs, and find ways to administer justice.
23.09.2024 "The situation of political prisoners in Belarus remains one of the greatest concerns of the EU", says Josep Borrell
Speech by the Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell on the situation of political prisoners in Belarus.
20.09.2024 "I'm probably just going to die here": The situation of political prisoners from vulnerable groups
Human rights activists have identified at least 254 political prisoners who are at particular risk of mistreatment while incarcerated.
19.09.2024 37 more political prisoners pardoned in Belarus. Who are they?
Among them are six women, as well as senior citizens and people with chronic diseases and disabilities.
19.09.2024 The statement on the recognition of 7 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
18.09.2024 "They changed me into regular clothes, gave me travel money and sent me away": how political prisoners are pardoned
One of the pardoned prisoners told Viasna about the suggestion to write a petition for pardon and about the threats for refusal.
17.09.2024 "I was shot in the leg at the protests." The story of former political prisoner Dzmitry Panko-Niakrasau
He expressed his position in the penal colony and ended up in SHIZO for 50 days.
17.09.2024 Four years after Marfa Rabkova’s arbitrary detention, repression against Viasna members must end
On the fourth anniversary of her detention, FIDH-OMCT and Viasna reiterate their call for her immediate and unconditional release, as well as the release of the other four Viasna members detained and all human rights defenders arbitrarily imprisoned in Belarus.
17.09.2024 Sister of Belarus protest leader Maryia Kalesnikava says she's starving in prison
Four years on from her arrest, Maryia Kalesnikava, 42, is being held incommunicado in a tiny, stinking prison cell where the toilet is a hole in the floor, her sister Tatsiana Khomich says.
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