05.10.2021 Over 110 arrested after death of KGB officer
Between September 29 and October 1, Belarusian security forces arrested dozens of people for commenting on the deaths of IT worker Andrei Zeltser and KGB officer Dzmitry Fedasiuk.
05.10.2021 Release Rabochy Rukh activists Ihar Mints and Natallia Belabekhava
Joint statement of Belarusian human rights organizations
05.10.2021 6 new names on list of political prisoners
Joint statement by Belarusian human rights organizations
04.10.2021 #FreeViasna: Weekly news digest on Viasna’s imprisoned human rights defenders
On September 17, dozens of Belarusian and international human rights groups launched #FreeViasna, the campaign of solidarity with the imprisoned human rights activists of Viasna. Here’s the latest news about the Viasna members held behind bars.
04.10.2021 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: September 2021
Viasna knows the names of at least 103 people convicted in politically motivated criminal trials held in September.
02.10.2021 4 years in prison for climbing a garbage container: Political prisoner Pavel Lukayanau convicted in Minsk
On October 1, political prisoner Pavel Lukayanau was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony on “rioting” charges related to a post-election protest of August 10, 2020.
01.10.2021 Supreme Court liquidates Belarusian Helsinki Committee
The Supreme Court ordered today to liquidate the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, the oldest human rights organization of Belarus. BHC disagreed with the decision, saying that it was based on inadmissible evidence.
30.09.2021 12 more defendants in defamation trials listed as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
30.09.2021 At least 439 people sent to prisons on protest charges: One year after first sentence in post-election trials
One year ago, on September 29, 2020, the first politically motivated verdict was passed for the events related to the rigged presidential election. On that day, Pavel Piaskou and Uladzislau Yeustsihneyeu were convicted under Part 2 of Art. 363 of the Criminal Code for resisting riot police officers during a rally on June 19, in which a riot policeman pulled out a gun to threaten unarmed protesters.
30.09.2021 Imprisoned punk rocker Ihar Bantsar to spend remainder of term in penal colony
The decision was taken in response to a request by the administration of correctional facility No. 9 in Viciebsk, where the man had already served three and a half months.
29.09.2021 Human rights defenders demand retrials and release of four new political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
29.09.2021 Political prisoner Natallia Hersche to be sent to maximum-security mail prison
Political prisoner Natallia Hersche will serve the remainder of her 2 ½-year sentence in a maximum-security prison, after spending nearly 12 months in a general-security penal colony, RFE/RL’s Belarus service learned from Natallia’s brother Henadz Kasiyan.
29.09.2021 Human rights organizations urge Justice Ministry to withdraw liquidation lawsuit against BHC
Joint Letter to the Ministry of Justice in Belarus
29.09.2021 MPs from Germany, Switzerland and Ukraine adopt political prisoners Piotr and Yuliya Marchanka, Alena Talkachova and Mikhail Ferenets
As part of Libereco’s #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Filiz Polat (German Bundestag, Bündnis90/Die Grünen), Martina Munz (Swiss National Council, SP) and Yulia Klymenko (Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, Holos) are are taking over godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
28.09.2021 Human rights groups call to release detained trade union activists
Joint statement by Belarusian human rights organizations
