12.10.2022 Defamation articles remain reprisals tool: 11 more people recognized political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
11.10.2022 Investigative Committee files criminal case on Kalinoŭski Regiment fighting in Ukraine
The security body deems the unit as an ‘extremist formation’.
11.10.2022 Andrei Paluda: “I hope there will be no more death sentences”
Human rights defenders against the death penalty campaign coordinator on evolution of death penalty perception and campaign highlights.
11.10.2022 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: September 2022
Coordinator of Viasna’s volunteers Marfa Rabkova and volunteer Andrei Chapiuk were sentenced to 15 and 6 years in prison, respectively.
11.10.2022 UN experts call for immediate release of Nobel winner Ales Bialiatski
Viasna members jailed to silence human rights defenders and eradicate the civic space in Belarus.
10.10.2022 What happened to political prisoners on October 3–9
The struggle for human rights continues as Ales Bialitaski becomes the fourth person in history awarded Nobel prize while jailed
07.10.2022 Civil society all over the world celebrates the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Ales Bialiatski
Viasna collected congratulations and reactions to receiving this outstanding award from all over the world.
07.10.2022 Ales Bialiatski awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2022
Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties share the prize with Belarusian human rights defender
06.10.2022 Media workers in BelaPAN case sentenced to up to 14 years in jail
Four convicts in BelaPAN case sentenced to harsh jail sentences and large fines
05.10.2022 Fifteen people recognized as political prisoners over prosecution under notorious Article 342
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
05.10.2022 Nadzeya Luchanok at the OSCE conference: “Our main goal is the release of all political prisoners”
Political prisoners in Belarus have been a topic of a side event at the OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference, the largest European conference on human rights and democracy.
04.10.2022 September sentences in political cases in numbers
Custodial and freedom-restricting sentences were handed down in all politically motivated cases in September.
03.10.2022 Ten people recognized as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
03.10.2022 What happened to political prisoners on September 26–October 2
At least 12 people convicted in courts, six political prisoners finished serving their terms
01.10.2022 "When I feel hopelessness, despair, when I don't see the light, — I remember Ales." Human rights activist Ales Bialiatski is 60 years old
Svaboda spoke with Ales Bialiatski's colleagues, whom he had introduced to human rights activities.