News on the topic: freedom of peaceful assembly
15.08.2024 The UN Committee recognized violations of the rights of 13 people by the Belarusian state
The complaints were prepared by the victims and their representatives before the denunciation of the Optional Protocol by the Belarusian state entered into force.
07.08.2024 Political prisoner list in Belarus expanded by 10 names
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
31.07.2024 "The number of appeals will show the real level of persecution in the country." We recall what decisions the UN Working Group has taken since 2020
Together with Sviatlana Halauniova, a Viasna lawyer, we recall the cases of political prisoners which the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has taken decisions on since 2020.
17.05.2024 Criminal case initiated against Belarusians who took part in Freedom Day demonstrations around the world
The Committee writes that 104 surnames have been added to the list of suspects in the case of Belarusians abroad.
29.04.2024 From an hour of mourning and silence to 35 years of processions. How the Chernobyl Way began
Since then, the Chernobyl Way has always been a reason for repression from the authorities.
28.03.2024 HRDs demand rehabilitation of 46 convicted participants of peaceful assemblies
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
19.10.2023 Shot in knees and jailed: what Belarusians risks for their anti-war stance
As of October 18, 2023, at least 1,630 Belarusians were detained for their anti-war position. Of these, 79 persons were convicted in criminal cases for a term of 1 to 23 years.
25.01.2023 Post-referendum protest detainee: “Women in the cell did not know that the war had started”
On 27 February 2022, the referendum day, around a thousand protesters were detained in Belarus. Out interlocutor was one of them.
11.01.2023 “Gas sprayed into ventilation reached us”: Akrescina facilities detention conditions throughout 2022 in detainees own words
Viasna's month-by-month chronicle shows the scale of repression and how the methods of pressure on Belarusians used by law enforcers and authorities have (not) changed throughout 2022.
14.05.2022 Politically motivated administrative prosecution in April: Summary
Repression in Belarus has increased since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. All over the country, law enforcement officers conduct searches, arrests, and interrogations on a daily basis.
09.04.2022 Crackdown on antiwar protests in Belarus cities and small towns
Belarusians protesting against the war in which the territory of Belarus is involved against their will
17.03.2022 Arrested protester: “He took woman out into corridor and banged her head against wall”
Eyewitness account of anti-war protesters' detention condition
15.03.2022 Heads beaten and ribs broken: how police treats anti-war protesters in Minsk
Former detainee talks about his arrest and conditions in prison
02.03.2022 230 people detained after anti-war and anti-referendum protests
People are held in detention centers in inhumane conditions
30.11.2021 Brothers sentenced to “khimiya” terms over August 2020 protests
The Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk sentenced today two political prisoners, brothers Aliaksei, 42, and Aliaksandr, 40, Rusetskis, to three and two and a half years of “khimiya” (restricted freedom in an open penitentiary). Both were released in the courtroom.
