News on the topic: criminal prosecution
20.09.2021 Ukrainian citizen jailed over post-election protests
Mikhail Ferenets, a Ukrainian national on the list of Belarusian political prisoners, has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for his role in the post-election protests of late 2020.
20.09.2021 Babaryka’s campaign coordinator sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison
The Čavusy District Court handed down a verdict in the case of Uladzimir Dudarau, a political prisoner and former deputy chairman of the Mahilioŭ city executive committee. In 2020, Dudarau coordinated the work of Viktar Babaryka’s presidential campaign in the Mahilioŭ region.
20.09.2021 Russian national sent to prison for calling Lukashenka hijacker
Iryna Vikkholm, a Russian citizen and political prisoner, has been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment a general-security penal colony, after the Maskoŭski Court in Brest found her guilty of “slander against the president” (Article 367 of the Criminal Code of Belarus).
17.09.2021 Human rights defenders call to release 9 more persons prosecuted on defamation charges
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
17.09.2021 Critical vlogger given 4 years in prison over ‘slandering’ and ‘insulting’ Lukashenka and top officials
In court, Ruslan Linnik pleaded not guilty, refused to testify, and in his last statement told about the psychological and physical pressure he suffered at the hands of the security forces.
16.09.2021 4 protesters convicted in Minsk, 2 political prisoners released in courtroom
The Frunzienski District Court of Minsk has convicted four people, including two political prisoners, of “organizing actions that grossly violate public order” (Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code) over their involvement in the post-election protests of August 2020.
16.09.2021 7 more peaceful protesters listed as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
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
