News on the topic: trials
01.07.2022 Andrei Padniabenny sentenced to 15 years in jail under ‘terrorist’ article
On May 23, the KGB put Andrei Padniabenny on the list of terrorists
30.06.2022 The trial over BelaPAN journalists suspended for two months
A regular closed-door court hearing resulted in an unexpected decision
23.06.2022 Harsh sentence for philosopher Uladzimir Matskevich
Political prisoner, philosopher, and founder of the Flying University sentenced to five years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
22.06.2022 Viasna to present most recent reports on political persecution and prisons in Belarus
The presentation will take place on June 24 at 12:00 in Vilnius as part of the Week against torture
16.06.2022 Andrei Zeltser's widow to be sent in coercive mental treatment
Political prisoner Maryia Uspenskaya sentenced to coercive treatment in a psychiatric hospital in a criminal case
15.06.2022 Journalist Aksana Kolb sentenced to 2.5 years of freedom restriction
She was released in the courtroom awaiting the commencement of the sentence
14.06.2022 Political prisoner Natallia Vasilevich released awaiting sentence commencement
The Court sentenced her to three years of freedom restriction in an open-type correctional penitentiary
08.06.2022 RFE/RL journalist Andrei Kuznechyk sentenced to 6 years
Freelance journalist found guilty of ‘creation of an extremist formation’ (Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code) in closed-door trial
07.06.2022 Sociologist Tatsiana Vadalazhskaya sentenced to 2.5 years of restricted freedom
She was released awaiting the commencement of the sentence
07.06.2022 Severe sentence for political prisoner with stage-IV cancer
Pavel Kuchynski sentenced to five years in a medium-security penal colony
06.06.2022 The trial over BelaPAN journalists starts
Minsk regional court considers the BelaPAN case, in which four political prisoners are tried
03.06.2022 Viasna prison release overview: May
Who are political prisoners released in May, why they were detained, and how did they get out of prison
02.06.2022 Near hundred people convicted in the protest-related criminal trials in May
None of the defendants were found not guilty or punished only with a fine
31.05.2022 ‘Terrorist’ Viachaslau Maleichuk sentenced to 22 years in jail
Viachaslau Maleichuk was sentenced to 22 years in a penal colony for ‘preparing terrorist attacks’ on the Freedom Day, March 25, 2022
17.05.2022 Fastest trial of ‘dancing protesters’: two defendants convicted in less than an hour
On May 17, the Brest court considered the case of the next defendants in the ‘round dance case’
