09.01.2023 UN expresses grave concerns with trials in Belarus
The organization calls to drop the charges against Viasna members and immediately release them.
09.01.2023 Political prisoners in Belarus in 2022. Infographics
In 2022, arrests, torture, and criminal proceedings on political grounds against Belarusians continued. Viasna shares figures on political prisoners for 2022.
06.01.2023 Trial against Viasna leadership: Day 2
The court proceeds with questioning independent journalists.
06.01.2023 Rights defenders demand the release independent trade union leaders
Trade union leaders were sentenced in political retaliation for their peaceful actions to protect the Belarusian workers.
06.01.2023 Criminal prosecution in 2022: 1,242 persons convicted on political grounds
Belarusian judicial system has been actively criminalizing citizens for political reasons in 2022.
05.01.2023 Trial against Viasna leadership: Day 1
Human rights defenders demand the trial in the Belarusian language and plead not guilty.
05.01.2023 Viasna members go on trial
Among them Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialitski
04.01.2023 #WeStandBYyou: Members of Parliament from Germany, Norway and Poland take on a godparenthood for politica prisoners
Libereco solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou continues.
04.01.2023 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: December 2022
"The whole of Belarus is here in prison now". The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski. The medal and diploma were received by his wife Natallia Pinchuk, who also gave a Nobel lecture.
03.01.2023 In December, 55 people criminally convicted in political cases
All of them received custodial and freedom-restricting sentences.
02.01.2023 "The whole floor was covered in my blood." Former detainee speaks of torture
A Minsk resident told Viasna about the two-hour torture and beatings by the officers of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption, the nurse's response to his broken finger, and the detention conditions in TDC in July this year.
30.12.2022 Vital Melnik, Aliaksandr Zhukau, and Ihar Kunhurtsau recognized as political prisoners
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
30.12.2022 Statement on recognition of seven political prisoners
Joint statement of the human rights community of Belarus
30.12.2022 Tortures continue in detention: the most notable cases in 2022
Torture and detention in inhumane conditions have been an integral part of the political persecution in Belarus since August 2020. We recall the most notorious torture cases that leaked out in 2022.
28.12.2022 18 more prisoners declared political in Belarus
Joint statement of Belarusian human rights community
