News for September 2024
05.09.2024 More than 30 political prisoners fully served their sentences in August, and 22 more were pardoned
What political prisoners served their sentences for and how many of them were imprisoned — Viasna recalls their cases.
04.09.2024 Statement on the recognition of five people as political prisoners
Joint statement of representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
04.09.2024 Political prisoner Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk's health deteriorates sharply
Palina's husband Andrei Sharenda wrote about the sharp deterioration of her health. She suffers from sharp pains on the side of her abdomen, but no medical help is provided to her.
03.09.2024 Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Popular Front Vadzim Saranchukou sentenced in absentia
Activist and deputy chairman of the BPF Vadzim Saranchukou was sentenced in absentia to four years in a penal colony.
03.09.2024 Political prisoner previously convicted for liking the post is retried. He now faces up to 15 years in prison.
On September 2, the Brest Regional Court began a new trial of Yauhen Kladau, a 41-year-old political prisoner, who was sentenced in November 2023 to one year's imprisonment for "insulting Lukashenka".
02.09.2024 "No one will know that you are sitting there beaten." Former political prisoner on the harsh conditions in the Vitsba penal colony
Mikalai spent almost two years in prison. In June, the man was released. He told Viasna how prisoners are deprived of the right to medical care and forced to do hard labor, about denunciations of the Belarusian language, beatings of prisoners, as well as severe restrictions on political activity.
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