11.10.2023 "Why can't it be done in Belarus when it's possible in other places?" OSCE conference addressed the issue of freeing political prisoners in Belarus
On October 10, the Viasna Human Rights Center arranged a side event within OSCE Human Dimension Conference to discuss the current situation of political prisoners in Belarus and their potential release.
11.10.2023 What happened to political prisoners between September 26 and October 10
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
10.10.2023 Statement of the human rights community on the recognition of 9 new political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
10.10.2023 Political prisoner activist Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk was sentenced to another year in prison
On October 9, judge Stanislau Ivaniutsenka found the woman guilty of "malicious disobedience to the administration of the colony" (Part 2 of Article 411 of the Criminal Code).
10.10.2023 Tattoo with the Chase, passport cover, photo of a T-shirt with red-white-red symbols: what Belarusians were tried for in September
Viasna Observes has compiled a monthly list of the strangest and most ridiculous reasons why Belarusians were tried in September.
10.10.2023 "I've always been against it." The leader of the band Mashina Vremeni joined the campaign Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus
Today, October 10, the World Day against the Death Penalty is marked.
09.10.2023 "We must look for ways to free our colleagues." Persecution of human rights defenders in Belarus discussed at OSCE conference
The annual OSCE Conference on the Human Dimension, Europe's largest conference on human rights and democracy, is being held in Warsaw from October 2 to 13.
09.10.2023 Right Livelihood made a statement on civil society erasure in Belarus
Right Livelihood delivered a statement about reprisals against human rights defenders in Belarus at the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
09.10.2023 Political prisoner Vasil Berasneu hospitalized, a kidney transplant needed
Berasneu's health situation is so critical that medical treatment does not make sense.
06.10.2023 Senior citizen with cancer sentenced to prison for comments
The verdict was announced by judge Pavel Kartsinin.
06.10.2023 Digest of the released: 52 political prisoners were released in September, 45 of them after the expiration of the term
Viasna recounts their cases and terms in the monthly digest.
06.10.2023 Statement of human rights defenders on recognition of six new political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
05.10.2023 Former journalist Andrei Tolchyn did not leave the temporary detention facility after 3 days from the moment of detention
According to Homel Viasna, he was transferred to pre-trial detention center No. 3.
05.10.2023 EPDE calls on the OSCE to intensify its efforts to support and defend citizen election observers
EPDE's Senior Programme Officer Adam Busuleanu made a statement at the OSCE 2023 Warsaw Human Dimension Conference.
05.10.2023 At her trial, activist Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk reported beatings and pressure in the penal colony
Viasna recounts what happened at the first court hearing in the case of Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk.
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