10.09.2021 #WeStandBYyou: 'Godparents' for Uladzimir Labkovich, Ales Bialiatski and Valiantsin Stefanovich
As part of Libereco’s #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Stefan Gelbhaar (German Bundestag, Alliance 90/The Greens), Nicola Beer (European Parliament, FDP) and Anton Hofreiter (German Bundestag, Alliance 90/The Greens) are taking over godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
09.09.2021 Human rights defenders call to review sentences in politically motivated trials
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
09.09.2021 Observatory deplores closure of Viasna trial in Homieĺ
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), deplores the decision of the court to hold the trial of Viasna activists Leanid Sudalenka, Tatsiana Lasitsa and Maria Tarasenka in a closed session as this modality does not ensure that their right to a fair trial will be respected throughout all the proceedings.
07.09.2021 Human rights defenders to launch international campaign #FreeViasna
Several key Belarusian and international human rights organizations announced plans to launch an international campaign of solidarity entitled #FreeViasna, following a coordination meeting held in Vilnius on September 6-7.
07.09.2021 #WeStandBYyou: Ales Bialiatski ‘adopted’ by European Parliament vice-president Nicola Beer
Ms. Nicola Beer, vice-president of the European Parliament, re-joined Libereco’s campaign #WeStandBYyou to support Viasna’s imprisoned human rights defender Ales Bialiatski.
06.09.2021 Death convict Viktar Skrundzik executed, state-owned TV reports
Death row prisoner Viktar Skrundzik has been executed, according to a report by the government-controlled broadcaster STV.
06.09.2021 Maryia Kalesnikava and Maksim Znak sentenced to 11 and 10 years in prison
Kalesnikava will serve her sentence in a general-security penal colony, while Znak was ordered imprisonment under medium-security conditions.
06.09.2021 Two more convicts listed as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
03.09.2021 Judge orders closed hearings on first day of Viasna trial in Homieĺ
The trial of Leanid Sudalenka, Tatsiana Lasitsa and Maryia Tarasenka, Viasna activists in Homieĺ, will be held behind closed doors, the judge ruled soon after the first court session started this morning at the Centraĺny District Court.
03.09.2021 International Accountability Platform condemns Belarus’s decision not to initiate criminal investigations into allegations of torture and ill-treatment
The IAPB calls on Belarus to respect its obligations under international law.
03.09.2021 4 more persons imprisoned on defamation charges
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
02.09.2021 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: August 2021
During the month, the authorities continued to actively prosecute individuals for political reasons. Viasna knows the names of at least 136 people convicted in August in politically motivated criminal trials.
01.09.2021 Political prisoner Siarhei Pavalishau is free
Political prisoner Siarhei Pavalishau has been released form pre-trial detention, according to his lawyer. The charges against Pavalishau, however, are still in place.
31.08.2021 7 new names on list of political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
30.08.2021 More political prisoners convicted in Brest
The Lieninski District Court of Brest announced its verdict in another trial involving participants in a September 2020 demonstration dubbed as a “dancing protest” by domestic media, sentencing fourteen more defendants, including three political prisoners, to various terms of restricted freedom (imprisonment in open penitentiaries).
