03.04.2024 Vital Chopik, detained in Brest, was taken to hospital with signs of severe beating
Recall that on March 28, 2024, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that a 40-year-old resident of Brest, who attended court hearings, was placed in a pre-trial detention center.
02.04.2024 Viasna TikTok account recognized as "extremist materials"
The court of the Central District of Minsk recognized Viasna TikTok account as "extremist materials".
02.04.2024 Elections*2024. Final analytical report on the results of monitoring the elections of deputies on a single voting day on February 25, 2024
The expert elections*12024 observation mission was organized by the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Viasna Human Rights Center as part of the "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections" campaign. The mission collects and analyzes information about the election campaign based on open sources and messages from voters from Belarus.
02.04.2024 Four Scottish Ministers become godparents for political prisoners in Belarus
As part of #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, four Scottish MPs of the Scottish National Party Christina McKelvie, Angus Robertson, Neil Gray and Emma Roddick take on a godparenthood for Natallia Dulina, Eduard Babaryka, Siarhei Vaitsiuk and Volha Tserakh.
01.04.2024 The pressure continues: what happened to political prisoners between March 12 and 27
Viasna reports the latest news about political prisoners.
29.03.2024 Viasna receives University of Graz award for documenting human rights violations
As part of the International Accountability Platform for Belarus, the Viasna Human Rights Center received the University of Graz Human Rights Award.
28.03.2024 HRDs demand rehabilitation of 46 convicted participants of peaceful assemblies
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
28.03.2024 Seven more persons recognized as political prisoners in Belarus
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
27.03.2024 German MP becomes godparent for Ales Bialiatski
As part of our #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (German Bundestag, FDP) has taken on the god-parenthood of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski.
25.03.2024 Statement on recognizing Ihar Karnei as political prisoner
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
24.03.2024 Human rights organizations demand rehabilitation of 20 former political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
22.03.2024 Verdict passed on blogger and journalist Ihar Karnei
On March 22, the Minsk City Court sentenced blogger and journalist Ihar Karnei for participating in an extremist formation.
22.03.2024 Journalist Andrei Tolchyn receives prison sentence
On 21 March, the Homieĺ Regional Court sentenced political prisoner and freelance journalist Andrei Tolchyn on charges of “promoting extremist activities”.
21.03.2024 Human Rights House Foundation urges to establish investigative mechanism on Belarus
Such mechanism is critical to continue the work of documenting serious human rights violations, identifying perpetrators, and paving the way for accountability
20.03.2024 Investigative Committee opens criminal cases against members of "People's Embassies" and "Belarusians Abroad"
The agency believes that representatives of these initiatives attempted to harm Belarus' national security.
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