News on the topic: political prisoners
12.12.2023 How former political prisoners defend the rights of prisoners after their release
Viasna talked with ex-political prisoners about their human rights activities
11.12.2023 Latest news about jailed Viasna human rights defenders
We collected news on Viasna team members who are behind bars.
11.12.2023 Three Members of Parliament from Italy, Lithuania and Germany take on a godparenthood for Aliaksandr Petushkou, Mikalai Kuliashou, and Pavel Mazheika
As part of #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Giulia Pastorella, Juozas Olekas, and Manuela Rottmann have taken on a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
08.12.2023 Statement on the recognition of 11 new political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
08.12.2023 Statement on the recognition of 22 new political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
08.12.2023 Political prisoner has a progressing cancer. He is undergoing chemotherapy at the prison hospital
Pavel Kuchynski, a Maladzečna resident, was assigned the first group of disabilities: he has stage four Hodgkin's lymphoma.
06.12.2023 22 political prisoners released in November having served their sentences
Viasna recounts their cases and terms in the monthly digest.
05.12.2023 What happened to political prisoners between November 27 and December 5
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
05.12.2023 The statement of human rights defenders on the recognition of eight people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
29.11.2023 Statement on the recognition of six new political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
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.
28.11.2023 Latest news about jailed Viasna human rights defenders
We collected news on Viasna team members who are behind bars.
27.11.2023 Solidarity without borders: a guide on supporting political prisoners from abroad
Now that thousands of Belarusians are scattered all over the world, Viasna has gathered possible ways to support and cheer up political prisoners from abroad.
22.11.2023 Statement of the human rights community on the recognition of 13 new political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
20.11.2023 "Show everyone we have no connection with." We recall the political prisoners whom the authorities showed in prisons
In Belarus, a number of political prisoners are in complete isolation without communication with the outside world.
