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• Human rights situation in Belarus. February 2025
• Members of the European Parliament have signed this week 846 postcards to Belarusian political prisoners
• Latvian man sentenced to 6 years in a penal colony for "discrediting Belarus" and "calling for sanctions"
• "I'm probably just going to die here": The situation of political prisoners from vulnerable groups (updated)
• Three new godparents from Poland, the Czech Republic & Scotland for political prisoners in Belarus
• "The authorities are trying to make the very word 'sanctions' instill fear": at least 188 people were convicted in Belarus for calling for them
• Elections*2025. Final analytical report 
on the results of observation of the election of the President of the Republic of Belarus 
 (document)
• At least 13 people released in February having served their sentences, and three more pardoned
• FIDH calls for the cancellation of sentences for Viasna human rights defenders and their immediate release
• Statement on the recognition of nine people as political prisoners
• "The verdict became the embodiment of the destructive policy of the Lukashenka regime". A statement marking two years since the trial of Belarusian human rights defenders
• The statement on the recognition of six people as political prisoners
• Evening of solidarity with imprisoned Viasna human rights activists to be held in Prague
• "Severe reprisals against women human rights defenders" What did CEDAW say in its recommendations to Belarus?
• The statement on the recognition of 19 people as political prisoners
• The statement on the recognition of 14 people as political prisoners
• Three years of war. The persecution for supporting Ukraine
• Political prisoner journalist Ihar Ilyash tried today for an interview with independent media
• The evolution of Akrescina: how the conditions of detention have changed since the beginning of 2020
• "There's a lot of such stories: I was removed from the bus." Viasna reports how Belarusians are still detained at the border