10.04.2023 Springtime is Viasna time! In April, celebrate Viasna's birthday with us!
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10.04.2023 No fewer than 88 political prisoners tried multiple times
Since 2020, tens of thousands of Belarusians have been victims of the horrific repression that the authorities have organized on a daily basis. One form of harassment is the initiation of new criminal proceedings against those who have already been convicted.
07.04.2023 Extreme forms of protest used by political prisoners in Belarus
Severe pressure, torture, and unbearable living and working conditions increasingly force political prisoners to express their protest using harsh methods.
07.04.2023 Human rights defender Viktar Sazonau arrested in Hrodna
Sazonau was previously detained as a suspect in the Viasna case.
07.04.2023 Minsk court jails ex-presidential candidate Dzmitryeu for protest role
Andrey Dzmitryeu was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment for “actively participating in actions that violate public order”.
06.04.2023 Journalist Aliaksandr Mantsevich is a political prisoner
His imprisonment is another act against freedom of speech in the country.
06.04.2023 In March, 62 people convicted in political criminal trials
For the third month in a row, the trend of toughening sentences imposed by district courts by regional courts continues.
05.04.2023 Political prisoners list updated with 17 new names
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
05.04.2023 Amnesty International: Belarus abuses justice system to suppress dissent and trials are routinely unfair
The rights to freedom of expression, association, and assembly remained severely curtailed. At least one man was executed. Torture and other ill-treatment were widespread and impunity prevailed.
05.04.2023 Front Line Defenders 2022 report: Human rights defenders show remarkable courage in the face of attacks and killings
Belarusian government routinely targets and criminalizes HRDs by abusing the judicial system since 2020.
04.04.2023 OHCHR examination of the human rights situation in Belarus mandate extended for another year
Human Rights Council's resolution on the situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and its aftermath was adopted at the 52nd session of the UN.
04.04.2023 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: March 2023
The profound human rights crisis continues to shape the political and economic environment in Belarus; in March, the authorities continued to perpetrate large-scale persecution for political reasons.
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.
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