News on the topic: criminal prosecution
13.08.2021 Aliaksei Kudzin and Andrei Sakalouski are political prisoners
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
12.08.2021 3 to 4 1/2 years in prison: Six political prisoners convicted in another trial over Brest “riots”
The Lieninski District Court of Brest announced today its verdict in the third trial of protesters accused of “rioting” during the post-election events of August 9-10, 2020.
11.08.2021 Human rights defenders demand retrials and release of three new political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
11.08.2021 Runaway MMA fighter sentenced to prison term over “violent resistance” to police
Earlier, Aliaksei Kudzin was extradited from Russia despite Strasbourg Court decision.
10.08.2021 10 more protesters recognized as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
10.08.2021 Human rights organizations call to release 7 persons convicted in defamation trials
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
06.08.2021 Two more political prisoners jailed over post-election rally in Žlobin
Political prisoners Mikalai Isayenka and Piotr Kanstantsinau were sentenced today by the Žlobin District Court to 18 and 24 months in prison on charges of “organizing or active participation in group actions that gravely breach public order” (Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code).
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.
