News on the topic: political prisoners
18.10.2023 What happened to political prisoners between October 10 and 18
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
18.10.2023 Statement of the human rights community on the recognition of 14 new political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
16.10.2023 The UN registered the appeal of ex-political prisoner Leanid Sudalenka in the Viasna case
On October 12, 2023, the UN Human Rights Committee registered an individual appeal of human rights defender and former political prisoner Leanid Sudalenka in the criminal case of Viasna.
11.10.2023 "Why can't it be done in Belarus when it's possible in other places?" OSCE conference addressed the issue of freeing political prisoners in Belarus
On October 10, the Viasna Human Rights Center arranged a side event within OSCE Human Dimension Conference to discuss the current situation of political prisoners in Belarus and their potential release.
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 Statement of the human rights community on the recognition of 9 new political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
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).
09.10.2023 Political prisoner Vasil Berasneu hospitalized, a kidney transplant needed
Berasneu's health situation is so critical that medical treatment does not make sense.
06.10.2023 Digest of the released: 52 political prisoners were released in September, 45 of them after the expiration of the term
Viasna recounts their cases and terms in the monthly digest.
06.10.2023 Statement of human rights defenders on recognition of six new political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
05.10.2023 At her trial, activist Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk reported beatings and pressure in the penal colony
Viasna recounts what happened at the first court hearing in the case of Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk.
05.10.2023 Criminal case was opened against the participants of the live broadcast of a solidarity action
Investigators have opened a criminal case for financing extremist activities.
03.10.2023 #FreeViasna: review of news on imprisoned Viasna human rights defenders
We collected news on Viasna team members who are behind bars.
29.09.2023 Repression without rules: more than 15 people from the sports field are behind bars
September 30 is the Day of Sports Solidarity.
28.09.2023 Three MPs from Germany and Austria become godparents to Mikita Karpenka, Danuta Peradnia and Kiryl Klimau
Jürgen Hardt (German Bundestag, CDU), Bettina Stark-Watzinger (German Bundestag, FDP) and Andreas Schieder (European Parliament, SPÖ, Austria) have again taken on a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
