News on the topic: trials
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’
13.05.2022 Eighty-nine Belarusians convicted on political grounds in April
Human Rights Center Viasna observed a continuing trend toward criminal prosecution of citizens for political reasons during the month
04.05.2022 Eleven more defendants in “dancing protest” case convicted
127 people already convicted in one of the biggest political cases in Belarus
27.04.2022 Mikalai Autukhovich to be tried under ten articles of the Criminal Code
The hearing will begin in Hrodna Regional Court on 16 May
25.04.2022 The trial of Marfa Rabkova, Andrei Chapiuk and eight other political prisoners to be held behind closed doors
The trial of ten political prisoners began today in Minsk City Court
25.04.2022 Kafkaesque accusations against the staff of Viasna ahead of its 26th anniversary
Joint statement of international human rights organizations
