News on the topic: human rights defenders
14.02.2023 Human rights defenders urge OHCHR to establish an independent investigative mechanism in Belarus
This would provide a tool to prepare the ground for effective accountability for human rights crimes in the country.
13.02.2023 Ales Bialiatski: “Enough is enough, we must stop this civil war” Viasna leadership delivered their last words at court
The trial in the criminal case against Viasna is over.
10.02.2023 UN Special Rapporteurs informed about violations of the rights and freedoms of Viasna members during the trial
Viasna lawyer Sviatlana Halauniova explains which violations were described in the communication to the Special Rapporteurs.
09.02.2023 Sapelka: “Incredibly long prison sentences for honest and brave people are staggering in their inhumanity”
Viasna human rights advocate comments on the enormous sentences requested by the prosecutor to his fellows.
09.02.2023 Prosecution requests 12-year sentence for Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski
Viasna trial reached the closing arguments step.
08.02.2023 "Katya, you are sure to understand everything". Story told by the journalist detained upon a court hearing in the Viasna case and banned from entering Belarus for 10 years
Viasna has had a talk with Ekaterina Yanshina about her detention in the courtroom, 15 days spent in a "political" cell at the custodial facility in Akrestsina Lane, deportation from Belarus and how repressions in Belarus are different from those in Russia.
07.02.2023 “The case is unprecedented. What is that if not politics?” Human rights defenders interrogated in the Viasna case
Viasna tells what our fellow human rights defenders said in court.
02.02.2023 All 284 volumes of Viasna case files presented to court
Along with open source data, the materials also contain police surveillance and wiretap data.
01.02.2023 Nasta Loika zapped with stun gun for failing to give out her Telegram password
The incident was used to intimidate another detained rights defender.
31.01.2023 Wiretap recordings, a list of political prisoners, and materials from Viasna website: what's inside Viasna case file
Viasna tells what constitutes the prosecution evidence and what is really targeted in these proceedings.
30.01.2023 Bialiatski: “Criminalizing aid to victims of political repression is immoral and inhumane”
Viasna tells what happened at the trial of the human rights center's leadership last week.
25.01.2023 Ales Bialiatski: Criminal proceedings are politically motivated, and Viasna has operated legally
What happened in court during the 13th hearing.
25.01.2023 Appeal against the sentences of Rabkova and Chapiuk to be heard on February 28
This became known from the letter of the political prisoner Akikhiro Hayeuski-Hanada.
20.01.2023 Hasty trial against Viasna continues: court reads case files at record speed
On Days 7, 8, and 9, the court examined thousands of pages. Meanwhile, it became known that the court was discouraging witnesses from attending the process.
18.01.2023 Viasna trial through the eyes of a spectator: Prosecution evidence is questionable and security measures unprecedented
Spectator at court and human rights activist Alena Masliukova share their impressions of the process.
