News on the topic: Uladzimir Labkovich
02.03.2023 Joint statement in the run-up to the verdict in the Viasna case
International human rights organizations call to release Bialiatski, Stefanovic and Labkovich immediately and unconditionally.
28.02.2023 FIDH statement: The lies behind accusations against Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski and his Viasna colleagues
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) exposes why charges against Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovich and Uladzimir Labkovich are fake.
23.02.2023 Support the human rights defenders of Viasna when they receive their sentences
On March 3 at 12.00 in the Leninsky District Court of Minsk, the verdict of Viasna human rights defenders will be announced. We call on you to support the human rights defenders and express your solidarity with them in all possible ways on this day.
15.02.2023 What Bialiatski, Stefanovic, and Labkovich said in their last word in court: full translation of their speeches
On February 13, human rights defenders gave their last words thus bringing to a finish the court hearings.
13.02.2023 Ales Bialiatski: “Enough is enough, we must stop this civil war” Viasna leadership delivered their last words at court
The trial in the criminal case against Viasna is over.
10.02.2023 UN Special Rapporteurs informed about violations of the rights and freedoms of Viasna members during the trial
Viasna lawyer Sviatlana Halauniova explains which violations were described in the communication to the Special Rapporteurs.
09.02.2023 Sapelka: “Incredibly long prison sentences for honest and brave people are staggering in their inhumanity”
Viasna human rights advocate comments on the enormous sentences requested by the prosecutor to his fellows.
09.02.2023 Prosecution requests 12-year sentence for Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski
Viasna trial reached the closing arguments step.
07.02.2023 “The case is unprecedented. What is that if not politics?” Human rights defenders interrogated in the Viasna case
Viasna tells what our fellow human rights defenders said in court.
02.02.2023 All 284 volumes of Viasna case files presented to court
Along with open source data, the materials also contain police surveillance and wiretap data.
30.01.2023 Bialiatski: “Criminalizing aid to victims of political repression is immoral and inhumane”
Viasna tells what happened at the trial of the human rights center's leadership last week.
25.01.2023 Ales Bialiatski: Criminal proceedings are politically motivated, and Viasna has operated legally
What happened in court during the 13th hearing.
20.01.2023 Hasty trial against Viasna continues: court reads case files at record speed
On Days 7, 8, and 9, the court examined thousands of pages. Meanwhile, it became known that the court was discouraging witnesses from attending the process.
18.01.2023 Viasna trial through the eyes of a spectator: Prosecution evidence is questionable and security measures unprecedented
Spectator at court and human rights activist Alena Masliukova share their impressions of the process.
16.01.2023 Trial against Viasna: Days 6 and 7
Witnesses refuse to come to court, Stefanovic claims that they were pressurized in pre-trial detention, and Labkovich asks for medics once again.
