10.09.2024 "I knew that sooner or later they would come for me": a confession of a former political prisoner
Mikalai speaks about his participation in the events of 2020 and about the persecution he experienced from the time of his detention to the moment of his release.
09.09.2024 On the International Day of Solidarity of Journalists, 34 representatives of the Belarusian media are behind bars
This day is extremely relevant for Belarus, where, according to the Belarusian Association of Journalists, 34 media representatives — journalists, reporters, bloggers — are currently behind bars.
06.09.2024 We demand the rehabilitation of 19 former political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
06.09.2024 "It violates human rights." What is known about the case of a detained Japanese in Belarus
Immediately after the news were released on the state BT channel, Tokyo protested in the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.
06.09.2024 "There are at least 16 political prisoners with disabilities behind bars." The alternative report to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities met with the Belarusian civil society, in particular with those people who prepared an alternative report on Belarus.
05.09.2024 Human rights situation in Belarus. August 2024
The repression of dissidents and those who express opposition to the regime in Belarus persists, with the level of criminal prosecution remaining at an alarmingly high rate.
05.09.2024 30 more political prisoners pardoned in Belarus
It is reported that among them there are 7 women and 23 men.
05.09.2024 Lukashenko regime declares Libereco “extremist”
Human rights organisation Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights is "extremist" according to a new assessment by the Belarusian authorities.
05.09.2024 More than 30 political prisoners fully served their sentences in August, and 22 more were pardoned
What political prisoners served their sentences for and how many of them were imprisoned — Viasna recalls their cases.
04.09.2024 Statement on the recognition of five people as political prisoners
Joint statement of representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
04.09.2024 Political prisoner Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk's health deteriorates sharply
Palina's husband Andrei Sharenda wrote about the sharp deterioration of her health. She suffers from sharp pains on the side of her abdomen, but no medical help is provided to her.
03.09.2024 Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Popular Front Vadzim Saranchukou sentenced in absentia
Activist and deputy chairman of the BPF Vadzim Saranchukou was sentenced in absentia to four years in a penal colony.
03.09.2024 Political prisoner previously convicted for liking the post is retried. He now faces up to 15 years in prison.
On September 2, the Brest Regional Court began a new trial of Yauhen Kladau, a 41-year-old political prisoner, who was sentenced in November 2023 to one year's imprisonment for "insulting Lukashenka".
02.09.2024 "No one will know that you are sitting there beaten." Former political prisoner on the harsh conditions in the Vitsba penal colony
Mikalai spent almost two years in prison. In June, the man was released. He told Viasna how prisoners are deprived of the right to medical care and forced to do hard labor, about denunciations of the Belarusian language, beatings of prisoners, as well as severe restrictions on political activity.
30.08.2024 Statement on the recognition of five people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
