News on the topic: beating
18.12.2023 Torture with stress positions, the threat of termination of parental rights: the abuse that Belarusian women face
The Viasna Human Rights Center contacted the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and informed it about known evidence of torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of women.
15.04.2023 "I'm probably just going to die here": The situation of political prisoners from vulnerable groups
At least 25 pensioners and no fewer than 74 people with disabilities and serious illnesses were among the political prisoners at the end of 2022.
11.01.2023 Administrative prosecution in 2022: At least 6,380 arrests
Viasna's yearly review of the administrative prosecution on political grounds.
30.12.2022 Tortures continue in detention: the most notable cases in 2022
Torture and detention in inhumane conditions have been an integral part of the political persecution in Belarus since August 2020. We recall the most notorious torture cases that leaked out in 2022.
11.09.2019 Minsk family wins BYN 2,800 compensation in police brutality case
The Minsk Zavodski District Court has delivered a judgement in favor of Dzmitry Serada and his family in a hearing of a claim seeking compensation for the brutal police raid in their apartment in August 2016. The court ordered the authorities to pay 2,886 rubles (USD 1,380) in damages, including broken doors, windows, and therapy costs.
28.06.2017 Activist's Complaint over Beating by Policeman Dismissed
The Investigative Committee dismissed the complaint of Viasna observer Aliaksei Loika, refusing to initiate criminal proceedings against employees of home affairs department who beat the activist during the raid at the Viasna office on March 25 this year.
13.01.2017 Prosecutor's Office opens investigation into police raid violence
Dzmitry Serada, a pediatrician whose apartment was violently raided by the police on August 4, has received a copy of the decision by the Prosecutor's Office of Minsk saying that it opened a criminal case against one of the policemen who beat him during the raid. The decision was taken after Serada sent a complaint about abuse of authority by police officers. The complaint was prepared by the lawyers of the Human Rights Center "Viasna".
15.07.2016 Prison doctor to stand trial over fatal neglect
The Prosecutor General's Office has completed the investigation into the death of Ihar Ptsichkin in jail No. 1 of Minsk in August 2014. According to latest information, the criminal case against paramedic Aliaksandr Krylou will soon reach the court.
20.04.2016 End of ‘liberalization’? Opposition leader Viachaslau Siuchyk detained and beaten
On April 19, police officers detained Viachaslau Siuchyk, leader of the Razam opposition movement, as he was returning home at about 3 a.m. According to his mother, police officers were waiting for him at the entrance, and then started beating him. They tore his jacket and sweater and handcuffed the activist.
24.03.2016 Investigators unable to identify persons who broke activist’s jaw
Viachaslau Kasinerau, one of the defendants in so called ‘graffiti case’, who sought criminal prosecution of persons who beat him severely during his detention on August 11 last year, has been notified the Investigative Committee’s Maskoŭski office suspended the preliminary investigation.
23.03.2016 Viciebsk police go unpunished in beating case
The Viciebsk city office of the Investigative Committee has refused to open a criminal case to investigate the beating of Pavel Rasliakou. According to him, he was badly beaten by employees of the Kastryčnicki district police department on 1 September 2015.
02.03.2016 In the Beating Case, Fine against Journalist Upheld on Appeal
On March 1, the Minsk City Court, judge Valer Kamisarau considered the appeal filed by TUT.by correspondent Pavel Dabravolski.
02.02.2016 Academy of Music’s Student: Riot Policemen Beat Me Senseless
The nose and a leg of a student Kastus Akhromenka were broken by policemen, for the student was speaking Belarusian.
28.01.2016 Man in Ivacevičy complains about police-related violence
Siarhei Dyliuk, 57, has been reportedly beaten by police officers during interrogation at the Ivacevičy department of internal affairs on January 23. According to him, he was forced to sign a confession to stealing his neighbor’s TV tuner, as he feared the police officers could kill him.
27.01.2016 BAJ Demands Criminal Investigation into the Fact of Beating a Journalist
On January 26, the Board of BAJ made a statement concerning yesterday’s beating of Pavel Dabravolski, journalist of TUT.by, in the building of Frunzenski district court of Minsk.
