News on the topic: criminal prosecution
18.09.2020 Amnesty International: Marfa Rabkova and all prisoners of conscience must be immediately and unconditionally released
The Belarusian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender, Marfa Rabkova, and all those detained as criminal suspects on false charges and solely for exercising their human rights. They must also stop immediately the practice of arbitrary arrest and unlawful deprivation of freedom and holding detainees incommunicado for hours and even days – a practice which they have been widely using against their opponents in recent weeks.
18.09.2020 Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders calls to release Viasna's Marfa Rabkova
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Belarus.
18.09.2020 Viasna’s volunteer coordinator arrested on criminal charges
Maryia Rabkova, coordinator of Viasna’s network of volunteers, was detained last evening in Minsk.
18.09.2020 Hands off Marfa, hands off Viasna!
Statement by the Board of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" in connection with the detention of Marfa Rabkova
17.09.2020 12 more persons called political prisoners over "rioting" charges
Joint statement by the human rights organizations of Belarus
17.09.2020 Maryia Kalesnikava faces formal charges
Maryia Kalesnikava, member of the presidium of the Coordination Council and former campaign manager of presidential nominee Viktar Babaryka, has been officially charged under Part 3 of Art. 361 of the Criminal Code (calls for actions aimed at harming the national security of the Republic of Belarus committed with the use of the media and the Internet).
12.09.2020 Human rights organisations call for immediate release of detained lawyers
Open statement in connection with the detention of Belarusian lawyers Ilya Salei and Maksim Znak
11.09.2020 Four facing criminal charges over September 6 protest
The Investigative Committee has launched a criminal investigation into alleged “breach of peace” during a major protest held in Minsk on September 6.
11.09.2020 “They are stealing the best of us”. Arbitrary arrests and forced expulsion of leading opposition activists
Belarusian authorities have stepped up their campaign against the leaders of peaceful protest in Belarus which has been ongoing after the contested result of the presidential election in August. The authorities promptly responded to popular dissent by mass arrests of peaceful street protesters, and subsequent torture or other ill-treatment while they were in custody.
10.09.2020 Kalesnikava, Znak and Salei are new political prisoners
Joint statement of Belarusian human rights organizations
09.09.2020 Kalesnikava arrested on power grab charges
Maryia Kalesnikava, one of the leaders of the opposition Coordination Council, is facing charges under Part 3, Art. 361 of the Criminal Code ("public calls for the seizure of state power, or forcible change of the constitutional order of the Republic of Belarus"), according to her lawyer Liudmila Kazak.
09.09.2020 Coordination Council member Maksim Znak detained. Kalesnikava arrested
Maksim Znak, lawyer and member of the Presidium of the opposition Coordination Council, has been detained this morning by law enforcement officers.
08.09.2020 HRDs call to end repression and release political prisoners
Joint statement of Belarusian human rights organizations
04.09.2020 More arrested protesters called political prisoners
Joint statement of human rights organizations of Belarus
02.09.2020 Political prisoner Alena Karahachava released on bail
Alena Karahachava, personal assistant to the former presidential candidate Viktar Babaryka, has been released from the KGB pre-trial prison, according to Babaryka’s press-service. The charges, however, remain in place.
