Latest news

• The Rico Krieger case: we have collected everything that is known (updated)
• At least 450 people were detained in Belarus from April to June
• Statement by the human rights community of Belarus on the recognition of seven political prisoners
• Statement on recognition of 13 people as political prisoners
• "Aimed at inducing convicts to plead guilty." Viasna lawyer analyzes the changes in the law on open-type correctional institutions
• "Such a diagnosis in Palina's conditions is like a death sentence." Political prisoner Sharenda-Panasiuk was diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis
• FIDH, Viasna, and other organizations call on Belarus to stop the execution of Rico Krieger
• "They spread my legs wide and kicked them." A former political prisoner spoke about colony No. 17 and the persecution after his release
• "An exceptional case." The coordinator of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty" spoke about the sentence of Rico Krieger
• Employee of the German Red Cross sentenced to death in Belarus
• UN finds Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski’s detention in Belarus violates international law, demands his immediate and unconditional release
• The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Viasna demanded the release of their colleagues
• "The restriction on the transfer of sanitary pads to women is abuse of power." Viasna lawyer comments new changes in the colonies
• The pressure continues: what happened to political prisoners between June 19 and July 16
• More than half of those convicted in June in political criminal cases were punished for participating in 2020 protests
• Three new godparents from Switzerland and the Czech Republic for political prisoners in Belarus
• "They beat me with a flagpole to make me kneel in front of the head of the police department". A story of an ex political prisoner
• Libereco expands support for politically persecuted Belarusians
• Members of Parliament from Germany, Norway and Poland take on a godparenthood for Maryna Sankevich, Aliaksandr Yarashuk and Paviel Sava
• EPDE calls for the immediate release of Viasna members as they enter fourth year of political imprisonment