News on the topic: criminal prosecution
14.05.2021 Whistleblower army officer sentenced to 18 years in prison on high treason charges
The Supreme Court has sentenced political prisoner Dzianis Urad to 18 years in a medium-security penal colony, finding him guilty of high treason (Part 2 of Article 356 of the Criminal Code). Urad, a former Captain at the Armed Forces’ General Staff, was also deprived of his military rank. The trial was held behind closed doors.
13.05.2021 Vasil Pilets is a political prisoner
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus on the sentencing of Vasil Pilets under Part 1 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code
13.05.2021 6 years in prison for 'teaching to clap hands': Political prisoner Aliaksei Sanchuk convicted
A 30-year-old political prisoner and musician Aliaksei Sanchuk has been sentenced to six years in a medium-security penal colony, after Judge Tatsiana Pirozhnikava of the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk found him guilty under several articles of the Criminal Code.
12.05.2021 Human rights defenders call to end violations of the right to defense and the presumption of innocence
Statement of human rights organizations in connection with numerous violations of procedural rights and guarantees of defendants and their lawyers in politically motivated criminal cases
07.05.2021 Court orders lengthy prison terms in “Army Together With the People” trial
The Minsk Regional Court has sentenced five persons to various terms of imprisonment over their role in running a Telegram channel entitled “Army Together With the People”. The convicts include four political prisoners.
07.05.2021 Aliaksandr Kardziukou is political prisoner
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
07.05.2021 Political prisoner Danila Chamadanau among new group of convicts in Brest “dancing protest trial”
The Maskoŭski District Court of Brest convicted today 14 more people charged with staging a “dancing protest” at an intersection in central Brest on September 13, 2020, which the authorities said was a crime under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code, “organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them.” One of the convicts, political prisoner and a Russian national Danila Chamadanau, was sentenced to one year in prison.
06.05.2021 Immediately release political prisoner Artsiom Bayarski!
Joint statement of Belarusian human rights organizations
05.05.2021 6 new names on list of political prisoners
Joint statement by the human rights organizations of Belarus
04.05.2021 Human rights organizations name three new political prisoners
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
04.05.2021 Tsikhanouskaya’s campaign members convicted in Homieĺ over alleged plans to seize power
On May 4, the Čyhunačny District Court of Homieĺ has handed down verdicts in a criminal trial involving four members of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s presidential campaign. Political prisoners Tatsiana Kaneuskaya, Yury Ulasau, Dzmitry Ivashkou and Aliaksandr Shabalin were accused of “rioting” and plotting to “seize government buildings.”
30.04.2021 14 defendants in political trial get lengthy prison terms
The Maskoŭski District Court of Brest ruled today in the “rioting” case (Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code) against fourteen political prisoners accused of participating in riots on the night of August 9, 2020, in Pinsk.
29.04.2021 Volha Mayorava and Dzianis Urad are political prisoners
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
27.04.2021 “All cases are trumped up!” Aliaksandr Aranovich sentenced to six years in prison
The Lieninski District Court of Hrodna handed down a verdict in a criminal case against Aliaksandr Aranovich, a 38-year-old political prisoner affiliated with Siarhei Tsikhanouski’s campaign “Country for Living”.
24.04.2021 Political prisoner Aleh Korban free after “khimiya” sentence
On April 23, the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk sentenced Aleh Korban, leader of the civil society initiative “Alternative”, to 18 months of restricted freedom in an open penal colony (“khimiya”). The political prisoner was released in the courtroom and will be free until the sentence becomes final.
