News on the topic: criminal prosecution
03.06.2021 12 new names on list of political prisoners
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
03.06.2021 Father and son convicted in Žlobin over post-election protest
The Žlobin City and District Court convicted today 42-year-old political prisoner Siarhei Piarfiliyeu and his son Stanislau, finding them guilty under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code.
03.06.2021 Brest court convicts fifth group of defendants in “dancing protest” trial. Two political prisoners released in courtroom
The Maskoŭski District Court of Brest ruled today in what is known as the “dancing protest trial”, convicting thirteen more protesters under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code.
02.06.2021 HRDs demand retrials and release of 9 more political prisoners
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
02.06.2021 Members of Tsikhanouski’s team sentenced to 2 to 4 years in Hrodna
The Kastryčnicki District Court of Hrodna has convicted three persons targeted in what is known as “Tsikhanouski case” for their involvement in an election picket on May 29 last year in Hrodna.
01.06.2021 Human rights defenders call to release five more persons imprisoned on defamation charges
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
28.05.2021 15 new political prisoners in Belarus
Joint statement by Belarusian human rights organizations
27.05.2021 HRDs demand release and retrial for political prisoner Iryna Palianina
Joint statement by Belarusian human rights organizations
27.05.2021 12 more names on list of political prisoners
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
26.05.2021 Human rights organizations call to release five more political prisoners
Joint statement by the human rights organizations of Belarus
26.05.2021 Teenager commits suicide in Minsk after facing rioting charges
Dzmitry Stakhouski, a 17-year-old targeted in a criminal investigation into "mass riots" of August 9-11, 2020 (Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code), committed suicide in the evening of May 25 by jumping off a 16-storey building in Minsk.
25.05.2021 4 to 7 years in prison: opposition activists, blogger convicted in Mahilioŭ
The Mahilioŭ Regional Court announces today its verdict in a criminal trial involving seven political prisoners: co-chair of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party Pavel Seviarynets, blogger Dzmitry Kazlou, community activist Iryna Shchasnaya, and European Belarus activists Yauhen Afnahel, Pavel Yukhnevich, Maksim Viniarski and Andrei Voinich.
25.05.2021 TUT.BY employees are political prisoners
Joint statement by Belarusian human rights organizations
25.05.2021 Political prisoner Aliaksei Karatkou sentenced to 2 years in prison
The Pieršamajski District Court of Minsk sentenced political prisoner Aliaksei Karatkou to two years in a general-security penal colony, finding him guilty of “organizing or actively participating in group actions that grossly violate public order” (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).
24.05.2021 Immediately release political prisoner Raman Pratasevich!
Joint statement by Belarusian human rights organizations
