04.04.2023 #FreeViasna: Latest news about jailed Viasna human rights defenders
The prosecutor appealed the verdict in the Viasna case, while Ales Bialitski's wife Natallia Pinchuk continues series of meetings in solidarity week with the Nobel laureate in Lithuania.
03.04.2023 ACAT calls to guarantee the integrity of all Viasna activists
The Belgian organization Action of Christians for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT) proposes to appeal to the authorities of Belarus with a call to cancel the court sentences of the imprisoned Viasna human rights defenders and to unconditionally release them and all political prisoners.
01.04.2023 #WeStandBYyou: Dutch MPs take on a symbolic godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus
Libereco’s #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign continues.
31.03.2023 “Road Home” ends up in jail: Tatsiana Kurylina sentenced to four years in prison
The activist returned to Belarus as part of the Road Home initiative, advertised as a way for protesters to “return home without consequences”.
31.03.2023 Lawtrend releases study of persecution and conditions of women activists
The political crisis and repression following the 2020 presidential election greatly affected women human rights defenders and civil activists.
30.03.2023 Ten more people recognized as political prisoners over extremism charges
In the wake of the 2020 presidential elections, Criminal legislation has been extended with new corpus delicti, which are used by the authorities solely for political repression.
29.03.2023 Protects everyone’s right to life: UN Special Rapporteurs addressed Belarusian authorities
They called on Belarus to suspend the entry into force of the revised Criminal Code.
29.03.2023 Prosecutor appeals the verdict in Viasna case
Aliaksandr Karol askes for two more years of imprisonment and higher fines for political prisoners.
28.03.2023 Journalists Padabed and Lazarau recognised as political prisoners
One of the most egregious forms of harassment is the criminal prosecution of journalists for “belonging to an extremist organization or promoting extremist activities”.
28.03.2023 Human rights defenders strongly protest against expansion of the death penalty in Belarus
Belarus is the only country in Europe that applies the death penalty and even expands its scope.
27.03.2023 People under home confinement to be tracked on CCTV cameras in public
Convicts are summoned to take photos.
24.03.2023 Human rights activists informed about 12 more political prisoners in Belarus
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community.
24.03.2023 #FreeViasna: Latest news about jailed Viasna human rights defenders
Rabkova and Chapiuk transferred to colonies, Stefanovic sends a letter from jail, and Bialiatski's wife promotes the Belarusian struggle for freedom in Poland.
24.03.2023 Hughes Hubbard & Reed stands with imprisoned Viasna human rights defenders
An expert declaration was filed in the Minsk court in the matter of Bialiatski, Stefanovic, and Labkovich.
23.03.2023 Belarus outraged by the UNHCHR report on the situation with the human rights in the country
The examination concluded that some of the violations may amount to crimes against humanity.
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