News on the topic: trials
17.02.2023 Rabochy rukh group members receive 11 to 15 year in jail for high treason and creating extremist group
Political prisoners have been in custody for 17 months.
15.02.2023 What Bialiatski, Stefanovic, and Labkovich said in their last word in court: full translation of their speeches
On February 13, human rights defenders gave their last words thus bringing to a finish the court hearings.
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.
10.02.2023 Two “railway guerillas” receive 22 years of jail, and another released under an amnesty
On February 10, the Mahilioŭ Regional Court passed a verdict to three “rail guerillas” from Babrujsk: Dzmitryi Klimau, Uladzimir Auramtsau, and Yauhen Minkevich.
09.02.2023 Out of jail! In January, 22 political prisoners were released
Seventeen of them served their terms in full, and four people were sentenced to home confinement and released from pretrial detention.
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 In January, 50 people criminally convicted in political cases
Custodial and freedom-restricting sentences were handed down in all politically motivated cases.
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.
02.02.2023 Bialiatski’s defender receives 8 years in jail
The Minsk Municipal Court pronounced the verdict to lawyer Vital Brahinets.
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.
