News on the topic: political persecution
09.07.2024 "She used a rag during her period." Former prisoners spoke about the conditions in Belarusian temporary detention facilities
Viasna spoke with three former prisoners from Minsk, Viciebsk, and Homieĺ about the conditions where political prisoners are held, about medical care in temporary detention facilities, and about the attitude towards foreign citizens awaiting deportation.
02.07.2024 Digest of the released: at least 27 political prisoners were released in June, five of them were exchanged
What political prisoners served their sentences for and how many of them were held in places of captivity, Viasna recalls their cases.
25.06.2024 The "cage" in women's penal colonies. What is it, what norms does it violate?
Viasna writes about what it is and what national and international norms such treatment of prisoners violates.
20.06.2024 Franak Viachorka was sentenced in absentia to 20 years of imprisonment
The verdict was handed down by judge Valiantsina Ziankevich.
03.06.2024 At least 28 political prisoners released in May having served their sentences
Viasna recounts their cases and terms in the monthly digest.
30.05.2024 At least 5,133 convicted in criminal cases: four years of persecution in numbers
Today, Viasna reports the numbers reflecting the four years of unprecedented brutal mass persecution in the country.
07.05.2024 At least 47 political prisoners released in April having served their sentences
Viasna recounts their cases and terms in the monthly digest.
19.04.2024 Political prisoner list in Belarus expanded by 11 names
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
05.04.2024 At least 32 political prisoners were released in March having served their term
What political prisoners served their sentences for and how many of them were held in places of captivity, Viasna recalls their cases.
14.02.2024 Russia puts Belarusian human rights defenders on wanted list
Who are these activists and how did they react to this news?
25.01.2024 The Investigative Committee initiated special proceedings against 20 "Tsikhanouskaya analysts"
Special proceedings began on January 24th.
26.10.2023 We demand the immediate and unconditional release of Nasta Loika
Statement of the human rights community of Belarus
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.
18.10.2023 Statement of the human rights community on the recognition of 14 new political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
13.10.2023 Human rights defender Nasta Loika has been added to the "list of terrorists"
The State Security Committee has updated the list of "persons involved in terrorist activities", and the names of seven more people have appeared there.
