The Human Rights Center “Viasna”

06.08.2021 Viasna’s Andrei Paluda leaves Belarus, describes detention conditions as inhuman

Andrei Paluda, human rights defender of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" and coordinator of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus”, has left Belarus after detention and imminent criminal charges.

06.08.2021 Three years in prison: Man repeatedly convicted of insulting Lukashenka

The Zavodski District Court considered a criminal case against Andrei Asaula, who was charged under three articles of the Criminal Code: Part 2 of Art. 368 (“insulting the president”), Art. 364 (“violence or threat of violence against a police officer”) and Art. 369 (“insulting a representative of the authorities”).

06.08.2021 UCP leader Mikalai Kazlou sentenced to three months in prison for disclosing investigation data

The Lieninski District Court of Minsk sentenced Mikalai Kazlou, chairman of the opposition United Civil Party (UCP) and a member of the Coordination Council, to three months in jail. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 407 of the Criminal Code for disclosing data in a criminal case targeting the opposition Council.

05.08.2021 Human rights groups call to release five new political prisoners

Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community

05.08.2021 Political prisoner Andrei Novikau convicted in Viciebsk

The Kastryčnicki District Court of Viciebsk sentenced 50-year-old political prisoner Andrei Novikau, a volunteer with the nomination group of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, to two and a half years in a general- security penal colony.

04.08.2021 Political prisoner Ihar Laptanovich sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison

On August 4, the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest convicted twelve defendants in the seventh trial of the so-called “dancing protest case” (Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code, participation in actions that grossly violate public order).

02.08.2021 Journalist Hardziyevich re-arrested after guilty verdict

The Ivanava District Court announced today a verdict in a criminal case against Siarhei Hardziyevich, a Drahičyn-based correspondent for online media outlet “Pieršy Rehijon”.

31.07.2021 Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities leaders released until trial

Siarhei Drazdouski and Aleh Hrableuski, respectively director and legal advisor of the Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, have been released to await their trial under travel restrictions.

31.07.2021 Human rights organizations call to release 7 persons convicted in defamation trials

Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community

30.07.2021 Nearly 4,700 protest-related criminal cases opened since August 2020

4,691 criminal cases related to protests have been launched since the rigged presidential election of August 9, 2020, the Investigative Committee of Belarus said.