News on the topic: criminal prosecution
14.09.2021 Human rights groups insist on retrials and release of four political prisoners
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
10.09.2021 6 new names on list of political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
09.09.2021 Human rights defenders call to review sentences in politically motivated trials
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
09.09.2021 Observatory deplores closure of Viasna trial in Homieĺ
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), deplores the decision of the court to hold the trial of Viasna activists Leanid Sudalenka, Tatsiana Lasitsa and Maria Tarasenka in a closed session as this modality does not ensure that their right to a fair trial will be respected throughout all the proceedings.
06.09.2021 Maryia Kalesnikava and Maksim Znak sentenced to 11 and 10 years in prison
Kalesnikava will serve her sentence in a general-security penal colony, while Znak was ordered imprisonment under medium-security conditions.
06.09.2021 Two more convicts listed as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
03.09.2021 Judge orders closed hearings on first day of Viasna trial in Homieĺ
The trial of Leanid Sudalenka, Tatsiana Lasitsa and Maryia Tarasenka, Viasna activists in Homieĺ, will be held behind closed doors, the judge ruled soon after the first court session started this morning at the Centraĺny District Court.
03.09.2021 4 more persons imprisoned on defamation charges
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
01.09.2021 Political prisoner Siarhei Pavalishau is free
Political prisoner Siarhei Pavalishau has been released form pre-trial detention, according to his lawyer. The charges against Pavalishau, however, are still in place.
31.08.2021 7 new names on list of political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
30.08.2021 More political prisoners convicted in Brest
The Lieninski District Court of Brest announced its verdict in another trial involving participants in a September 2020 demonstration dubbed as a “dancing protest” by domestic media, sentencing fourteen more defendants, including three political prisoners, to various terms of restricted freedom (imprisonment in open penitentiaries).
26.08.2021 Observatory urges Belarus to release Viasna members ahead of trial in Homieĺ
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Belarus.
25.08.2021 Human rights defenders demand retrials and release of four new political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
23.08.2021 HRDs call to release 9 persons convicted of defamation offenses
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
23.08.2021 Trial of Viasna’s Homieĺ members set for September 3
Human rights defender of Viasna Leanid Sudalenka and volunteer Tatsiana Lasitsa have been detained for seven months.
