News on the topic: criminal prosecution
15.02.2022 HRDs recognized 12 more Belarusians as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
14.02.2022 #FreeViasna: Weekly news digest on Viasna’s imprisoned human rights defenders
Latest news about imprisoned Viasna members from February 7 to 13
11.02.2022 Nine more persons recognized as political prisoners in Belarus
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
11.02.2022 “Criminal prosecution of Viasna members is not related to their work,” authorities respond to the UN request
What Belarusian government responded to Special Rapporteurs' request on search and detention of human rights defenders, NGO representatives, and independent media
09.02.2022 “Uladzimir is giving a signal by his hunger strike.” Politically imprisoned philosopher refuses to take food for six days
Ex-wife of political prisoner on his hunger strike and the meaning behind it
09.02.2022 Ex-employees of the national telecommunications company sentenced to 11 years. They were beaten during arrest
Two political prisoners Aliaksei Bychkouski and Artsiom Parkhamovich, were sentenced in Minsk City Court for personal data dumping
07.02.2022 #FreeViasna: Weekly news digest on Viasna’s imprisoned human rights defenders
Latest news about imprisoned Viasna members from January 31 to February 6
03.02.2022 HRD's call to release another 15 political prisoners and decriminalize defamation offenses
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
01.02.2022 HRD's call to release another 17 political prisoners and stop political repression in the country
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
31.01.2022 #FreeViasna: Weekly news digest on Viasna’s imprisoned human rights defenders
Latest news about imprisoned Viasna members from January 24 to 30
31.01.2022 Six political prisoners in the “hay bale case” sentenced to prison. Security forces painted swastika on the detainees
On January 31, the Staŭbcy District Court pronounced verdicts to seven political prisoners in the "painted hay bale case"
28.01.2022 The Clooney Foundation for Justice publishes a report on the trial of Viktar Babaryka
The lawers concluded that the fair trial standards for the former presidential nominee were violated
28.01.2022 Four political prisoners accused of hacking the government computer system sentenced to 3,5 to 6,5 years
The case was considered behind the closed doors
27.01.2022 12 people recognized as political prisoners
HRDs demand the decriminalization of defamatory offenses and the abolition of liability for insulting the state, state symbols, and officials
26.01.2022 The Supreme Court upheld the sentence of political prisoner Mikalai Dziadok
He will be transported to a penal colony to serve his five-year sentence.
