News on the topic: penitentiary system
13.02.2024 The pressure continues: what happened to political prisoners between January 27 and February 13
Viasna reports the latest news about political prisoners.
01.02.2024 "What was broken in the punishment cell heals the way it is": former political prisoner speaks of the conditions in PC-1
The man heard the screams of political prisoners being beaten, treated himself using books from the library, and ate gruel in a punishment cell, while snowflakes fell into his plate from the window open for several days in a row.
17.01.2024 Statement by the human rights community of Belarus on the death of political prisoner Vadzim Khrasko
Vadzim Khrasko's death could have happened because proper medical care was provided untimely.
15.01.2024 What happened to political prisoners between January 1 and January 15
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
04.01.2024 Female political prisoners: unveiling portraits and imprisonment motivations
Viasna human rights defenders collected and analyzed data on politically motivated criminal prosecution of women in Belarus.
03.01.2024 Lack of air, overcrowded cells, night with light. What Belarusians reported during the documentation in 2023
Human rights activists spoke about the specifics of documenting in 2023.
22.12.2023 What happened to political prisoners from December 13 to 21
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
14.12.2023 What happened to political prisoners from December 5 to 13
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
08.12.2023 Political prisoner has a progressing cancer. He is undergoing chemotherapy at the prison hospital
Pavel Kuchynski, a Maladzečna resident, was assigned the first group of disabilities: he has stage four Hodgkin's lymphoma.
05.12.2023 What happened to political prisoners between November 27 and December 5
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
04.12.2023 "Healthcare in prison is a black mirror that each of us has looked into"
In Vilnius, on November 29, a public initiative Doctors for Truth and Justice held a conference on penitentiary medicine and psychology in Belarus.
29.11.2023 What happened to political prisoners between November 17 and 27
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
20.11.2023 "Show everyone we have no connection with." We recall the political prisoners whom the authorities showed in prisons
In Belarus, a number of political prisoners are in complete isolation without communication with the outside world.
17.11.2023 What happened to political prisoners from November 9 to 17
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
09.11.2023 What happened to political prisoners between November 2 and 9
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
