12.05.2023 Handbook of repressions released to facilitate obtaining protection abroad for Belarusians
Co-authors are the People’s Embassy of Belarus in Sweden and other embassies and Viasna.
11.05.2023 Cultural activist Pavel Belavus receives 13 years in jail
Belavus was convicted under four articles of the Criminal Code, including “high treason”.
10.05.2023 We demand to investigate Klimovich's death and the lack of proper medical care in the colonies
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
08.05.2023 Political prisoner Mikalai Klimovich dies in Viciebsk colony
The court sentenced him to imprisonment despite a serious heart condition.
05.05.2023 Out of jail! Eleven political prisoners served their sentences in full and were released in April
Another five people were sentenced to home confinement and released from pre-trial detention.
05.05.2023 Libereco: Belarusian Honorary Consuls in Germany and Switzerland must resign immediately
1,000 days have passed since the Belarusian presidential elections on 9 August 2020 and the brutal suppression of the subsequent mass protests.
05.05.2023 In April, 43 people criminally convicted in political cases
The tendency to prosecute and convict citizens on political grounds persists.
05.05.2023 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: April 2023
The domestic policies of the Belarusian authorities are still largely based on the denial of human rights, suppression of freedoms and nation-wide repression.
04.05.2023 Five more political prisoners in Belarus
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
04.05.2023 #WeStandBYyou: Members of Parliament from Germany, Czechia and Switzerland take on a godparenthood for Dzmitryeu, Karpovich, and Melnikau
Libereco solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou continues
03.05.2023 On World Press Freedom Day, 33 journalists remain jailed in Belarus as independent media face persecution
Viasna reports the current state of independent media in the country and tells how to support imprisoned journalists.
03.05.2023 Nexta creators and editors sentenced to prison in Belarus
Raman Pratasevich was not taken into custody in the courtroom; he remains under house arrest. Putsila and Rudzik were tried in absentia.
02.05.2023 #FreeViasna: Latest news about jailed Viasna human rights defenders
Viasna human rights defenders were transported to prison while there are no updates from volunteer Andrei Chapiuk and Viasna member Leanid Sudalenka.
28.04.2023 Number of political prisoners in Belarus grows by six
Joint statement by the human rights community of Belarus
28.04.2023 Imprisoned ex-candidate for presidency Viktar Babaryka moved to hospital
Yesterday, 27 April, it became known that Viktar Babaryka who is incarcerated in Navapolack correctional facility was moved to a surgery unit in a local hospital.
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