News on the topic: criminal prosecution
25.07.2024 Statement on recognition of 13 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
23.07.2024 The Rico Krieger case: we have collected everything that is known
Viasna has collected everything that is known about the Rico Krieger case, and Andrei Paluda, coordinator of the Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty campaign, comments the prospects.
23.07.2024 FIDH, Viasna, and other organizations call on Belarus to stop the execution of Rico Krieger
Joint statement of international human rights organizations.
22.07.2024 "They spread my legs wide and kicked them." A former political prisoner spoke about colony No. 17 and the persecution after his release
Henadz told Viasna about cold torture and beatings in the Škloŭ colony, about the persecution after his release, and about community service in Belarus.
19.07.2024 "An exceptional case." The coordinator of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty" spoke about the sentence of Rico Krieger
Campaign coordinator Andrei Paluda comments on the case and the death sentence of the German citizen.
19.07.2024 Employee of the German Red Cross sentenced to death in Belarus
On June 24, a 29-year-old employee of the German Red Cross, Rico Krieger, was sentenced in the Minsk Regional Court.
17.07.2024 The pressure continues: what happened to political prisoners between June 19 and July 16
Viasna reports the latest news about political prisoners.
16.07.2024 More than half of those convicted in June in political criminal cases were punished for participating in 2020 protests
According to preliminary data, at least 146 people were convicted in June.
15.07.2024 "They beat me with a flagpole to make me kneel in front of the head of the police department". A story of an ex political prisoner
Uladzislau Biahun spoke with Viasna about his brutal detention and persecution for the removal of the national flag.
12.07.2024 Eduard Babaryka received additional period of imprisonment
The case was handled by judge Pavel Kartsinen.
10.07.2024 Verdicts have been passed in another criminal case in absentia
The trial was handled by judge Andrei Leshchanka.
05.07.2024 Statement of human rights defenders of Belarus on recognition of 17 new political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
04.07.2024 The statement on the recognition of eight people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
02.07.2024 The case of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's analysts: two hundred six and a half years of imprisonment
The trial took place in the Minsk Regional Court and lasted from May 31 to July 1.
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.
