20.03.2024 Human rights defender Aliaksandr Vaitseshyk detained in Baranavičy during house raid
The police released a video of the raid on his home, which shows him lying on the floor during the arrest.
20.03.2024 Human rights community declares eight more persons political prisoners
Statement by the Belarusian human rights community
19.03.2024 Blogger and journalist Ihar Karnei is on trial in Minsk
Ihar Karnei was detained on July 17, and the journalist's house was searched.
19.03.2024 Catholic believer sentenced to three years in a penal colony in Minsk
On March 14, the Minsk City Court sentenced Catholic believer Uladzislau Beladzed.
18.03.2024 INGOs urge Human Rights Council Member States to support Belarus mechanisms
Human Rights House Foundation and several international and Belarusian civil society organisations urged Human Rights Council Member States to support the renewal of the Special Rapporteur on Belarus and to take forward the work of the OHCHR Examination on Belarus.
18.03.2024 Ukrainian citizen accused of espionage and sentenced to 9 years in penal colony
Natallia was a volunteer: after the outbreak of the war she transported Ukrainian refugees to the EU and Belarus; transferred documents and medicines.
14.03.2024 "It should have been a restriction of freedom, not a deprivation." How political prisoners live in open-type correctional institutions
Sending geolocation every two hours. Video calls with the inspector twice a day.
13.03.2024 Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya demands news of her imprisoned husband
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Friday marched to the country's embassy in Lithuania, holding a photo of her imprisoned husband and demanding information about him after a year of being incommunicado.
13.03.2024 UN experts: A year after conviction of Viasna Chair and members concerns about the fairness of trial remain
“We remain gravely concerned that the trial was a retaliation against their work in the defence of human rights in Belarus,” the experts said.
13.03.2024 The statement on the recognition of 10 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
12.03.2024 Statement by human rights defenders in connection with the crackdown on lawyers
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
12.03.2024 What happened to political prisoners from February 20 to March 12
Viasna reports the latest news about political prisoners.
11.03.2024 MEPs launch the second edition of the #EPSTANDSBYYOU initiative
During the plenary session in Strasbourg, MEPs will sign personalised postcards for political prisoners in Belarus.
11.03.2024 At least 24 political prisoners released in February having served their sentences
Viasna reports the sentences of political prisoners in a monthly digest.
11.03.2024 More than 8,000 women have been persecuted in Belarus. Infographics about repression against women
Viasna writes about repression against women using infographics.
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