News on the topic: trials
16.12.2024 Five Minsk judges responsible for the highest number of political convictions
Viasna reports on the five most repressive judges in Minsk who have been handling criminal political cases for more than four years.
10.12.2024 650 people in Belarus convicted of "inciting other social hatred"
Viasna reports the people persecuted and the reasons for convictions.
09.12.2024 At least 24 people were released in November after serving their sentences, and 63 more were pardoned
What political prisoners served their sentences for and how many of them were imprisoned, Viasna recalls their cases.
02.12.2024 Four foreigners were convicted in Belarus for "espionage"
We discussed with Viasna lawyer Pavel Sapelka the difference between "espionage" and "agent activity" and the reasons for conviction under Article 358 of the Criminal Code.
15.11.2024 At least 1,213 sentenced in administrative cases: repression intensifies in Belarus ahead of presidential elections
Viasna reports how the authorities are "cleansing" the country of "extremists" before the 2025 elections.
13.11.2024 Over four years, more than 1,200 people have been convicted of "slandering" and "insulting" Lukashenka
Viasna reports the number of people convicted since 2020 for "insulting Lukashenka" (Article 368 of the Criminal Code) and "slandering Lukashenka" (Article 367 of the Criminal Code) and the most absurd reasons for persecution under these articles.
06.11.2024 The first sentence in Belarus for "denying the genocide of the Belarusian people"
On October 30, the Minsk City Court handed down a sentence for "denying the genocide of the Belarusian people" (Part 1 of Article 130-2 of the Criminal Code) for the first time in Belarus.
24.10.2024 Ukrainians convicted of a "sabotage for the Security Service of Ukraine": father and son sentenced to 20 years in a penal colony
The trial was handled by judge Yauhen Sharshniou.
22.10.2024 "One girl fainted after an injection right in the hallway": what is happening at Akrescina?
Viasna spoke with a former prisoner who served her sentence at Akrescina a few weeks ago about her detention, the conditions in the infamous detention centre, the epidemic of rotavirus infection, and medical care.
15.10.2024 Political prisoner Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk sentenced to an additional year and one day of imprisonment
Last year, she was sentenced to an additional year in a penal colony.
07.10.2024 Yury Ziankovich sentenced to additional 2 years of imprisonment. He is currently in the KGB pre-trial detention center
Viasna has collected all known information about the persecution of the political prisoner as well as about his health.
07.10.2024 Up to 25 years in a penal colony: 12 defendants sentenced in the Mačuliščy case
Mikalai Shvets, who was released in June on an exchange with Ukraine, was sentenced in absentia to 25 years in a penal colony.
07.10.2024 Political prisoner Siarhei Ramanau was sentenced to two more years of imprisonment
The total term of imprisonment of the political prisoner is 22 years and 11 months.
02.10.2024 Political prisoner Zmitser Dashkevich sentenced to an additional 1 year and 3 months of imprisonment
This time, the activist was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order), as well as Part 1 of Article 411 of the Criminal Code (malicious disobedience to the requirements of the penal colony administration).
16.09.2024 Risks of return: criminal cases and detentions at the Belarusian border
According to Viasna, since the beginning of 2024, more than 55 people have been detained upon their return to Belarus, 17 of whom have been prosecuted.
