News on the topic: Viasna
10.04.2023 Springtime is Viasna time! In April, celebrate Viasna's birthday with us!
There are many ways to join the celebration and support Viasna human rights defenders.
04.04.2023 #FreeViasna: Latest news about jailed Viasna human rights defenders
The prosecutor appealed the verdict in the Viasna case, while Ales Bialitski's wife Natallia Pinchuk continues series of meetings in solidarity week with the Nobel laureate in Lithuania.
03.04.2023 ACAT calls to guarantee the integrity of all Viasna activists
The Belgian organization Action of Christians for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT) proposes to appeal to the authorities of Belarus with a call to cancel the court sentences of the imprisoned Viasna human rights defenders and to unconditionally release them and all political prisoners.
29.03.2023 Prosecutor appeals the verdict in Viasna case
Aliaksandr Karol askes for two more years of imprisonment and higher fines for political prisoners.
24.03.2023 #FreeViasna: Latest news about jailed Viasna human rights defenders
Rabkova and Chapiuk transferred to colonies, Stefanovic sends a letter from jail, and Bialiatski's wife promotes the Belarusian struggle for freedom in Poland.
24.03.2023 Hughes Hubbard & Reed stands with imprisoned Viasna human rights defenders
An expert declaration was filed in the Minsk court in the matter of Bialiatski, Stefanovic, and Labkovich.
23.03.2023 Ales Bialitski's wife Natalia Pinchuk to give public talks in Vilnius and Warsaw
We invite you to attend these events.
21.03.2023 Viasna member Natallia Satsunkevich: “What’s going on in Belarus is not only about my country… we are all connected.”
Right Livelihood talked to Natallia shortly after the final verdict in the Viasna case.
16.03.2023 Rabkova's cellmate: “Marfa needs biopsy to see if it's benign or something worse”
Some hope remains that the activist will get help in the penal colony after the transfer.
09.03.2023 "Ales turned to the spectators and smiled very widely and heartily"
One of the spectators described the last court session in the Viasna case and the human rights defenders’ reaction to the verdict. Here is his monologue.
06.03.2023 International community condemns the verdict of Viasna leadership
We collect the international reactions to the shameful sentences of human rights defenders.
03.03.2023 “Caged and handcuffed human rights champions, this is what the Belarusian justice looks like today”
We will not stop our human rights activities, says Human Rights Center Viasna statement.
03.03.2023 “They need to know that it's not all in vain”: the wives of convicted human rights defenders comment on the verdict
We asked Natallia Pinchuk, Nina Labkovich, and Alina Stefanovic to comment on the court’s decision.
03.03.2023 FIDH condemns sentencing of its Vice-President and his Viasna colleagues
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) stays firmly mobilized until their ultimate liberation.
03.03.2023 Viasna leadership receives from 7 to 10 years in jail
The sentences imposed are two years less than those requested by the prosecutor.
