23.04.2024 "Until you exit the gate, you don't know if they will detain you for more days or if there's already a criminal case," a former prisoner
A Minsk resident told Viasna about the difference between a regular cell and a political punishment cell in the Center for Isolation of Offenders at Akrescina and his cellmates at the end of January 2024.
22.04.2024 The statement on the recognition of 15 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
22.04.2024 Three MPs from Switzerland and the Netherlands take on godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus
As part of #WeStandBYyou campaign, Samira Marti (Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz, Switzerland), Geert Gabriëls and Esmah Lahlah (both GroenLinks-PvdA, Netherlands) are taking on godparenthood for Anzhela Sikorskaya, Dzianis Dzemidovich and Valeryia Kastsiuhova.
19.04.2024 Political prisoner list in Belarus expanded by 11 names
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
18.04.2024 The right to life was violated. The UN Human Rights Committee responded to the Belarusian authorities on Berazhny and Hershankou executed in 2018
Among the violations, the committee found a violation of the right to a fair trial, noted that no one can be arbitrarily deprived of life, and demanded that the Belarusian authorities pay appropriate compensation to the mothers of the punished.
17.04.2024 The statement on the recognition of 11 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
17.04.2024 "A tool for control, propaganda, and imitation of civic life." Belaya Rus as an example of an artificial political party
Together with the legal service of Viasna, we talk about the Belaya Rus party, its role in the elections, and its significance for the regime.
16.04.2024 "The investigator turned to the wall and began to cry." The story of a senior citizen who was convicted for participating in protests
Aliaksei asked smugglers to help him escape from Belarus and jumped for joy when he was safe.
15.04.2024 The statement on the recognition of 14 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
12.04.2024 The pressure continues: what happened to political prisoners between March 27 and April 11
Viasna reports the latest news about political prisoners.
11.04.2024 New godparents for political prisoners in Belarus from Sweden, Austria and Switzerland
As part of #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, David Lega, Elisabeth Götze, Lukas Mandl and Barbara Gysi take on a godparenthood for Katsiaryna Dzhyh, Tatsiana Kurylina, Aleh Zavadski and Yuliya Laptanovich.
11.04.2024 Aliaksandr Kulinich, accused of insulting Lukashenka, died in the Brest pre-trial detention center
This is the sixth death of a political prisoner behind bars.
10.04.2024 Freelance journalist from Pinsk sentenced to six years in a penal colony and a big fine
The political prisoner was found guilty of organizing protests in Stolin and Minsk, slandering Lukashenka, and extortion.
10.04.2024 Nobel laureate Bialiatski’s condition worsens after 1,000 days in Belarusian prison, his wife says
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Ales Bialiatski marked his 1,000th day in prison in Belarus on Tuesday amid increasing fears about his deteriorating health, his wife said.
09.04.2024 "What hemophilia? You shouldn't have written comments on the Internet." The story of political prisoner Aliaksei Haloukin
He told Viasna about his time in the Hrodna pre-trial detention center and Babrujsk colony No. 2, medical care, the library, and the special squad he was part of.
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