News on the topic: trials
22.12.2023 What happened to political prisoners from December 13 to 21
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
22.12.2023 International legal team for Ales Bialiatski files petition with UN working group on arbitrary detention
Legal experts demand the release of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski.
19.12.2023 A political prisoner, who was detained upon her return from Poland, was sentenced to 10 years in a penal colony
On December 19, the Hrodna Regional Court sentenced Aliaksandra Kasko, a 30-year-old political prisoner, to ten years in a penal colony.
14.12.2023 What happened to political prisoners from December 5 to 13
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
29.11.2023 What happened to political prisoners between November 17 and 27
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
15.11.2023 At least 35 convicts, mass detentions and dismissals: how medical professionals are persecuted in Belarus
Viasna tells about the persecution of medical professionals, and gastroenterologist Aliaksandr Trafimau shares his story, as well as comments on the current situation with repression and the policy of the Ministry of Health.
09.11.2023 What happened to political prisoners between November 2 and 9
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
03.11.2023 What happened to political prisoners between October 25 and November 2
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
23.10.2023 Employee of the Navapolack penal colony convicted of beating a prisoner
Viasna reports a rare case of punishment of a colony employee for violence against a prisoner.
19.10.2023 Death sentence passed in Sluck
Only the effective part was announced at the trial, since part of the trial was held in closed session.
11.10.2023 What happened to political prisoners between September 26 and October 10
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
10.10.2023 Political prisoner activist Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk was sentenced to another year in prison
On October 9, judge Stanislau Ivaniutsenka found the woman guilty of "malicious disobedience to the administration of the colony" (Part 2 of Article 411 of the Criminal Code).
10.10.2023 Tattoo with the Chase, passport cover, photo of a T-shirt with red-white-red symbols: what Belarusians were tried for in September
Viasna Observes has compiled a monthly list of the strangest and most ridiculous reasons why Belarusians were tried in September.
06.10.2023 Senior citizen with cancer sentenced to prison for comments
The verdict was announced by judge Pavel Kartsinin.
29.09.2023 Former SOBR member Yuryi Harauski acquitted in the case of disappearance of opposition politicians
The prosecutor asked for three years of imprisonment for him, but the court decided to acquit him.
