News on the topic: political prisoners
26.07.2022 Seven people added to list of political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
22.07.2022 HRDs: Authorities abuse criminal law by passing harsh sentences on protesters
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
21.07.2022 HRDs recognize eight more people as political prisoners and call to decriminalize defamation offenses
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
19.07.2022 Political prisoner convicted for white-red-white flag gets another term for insulting Lukashenka
Heorhi Vasilenka accused under Part 1, Article 368 of the Criminal Code sentenced to 17 months in jail
19.07.2022 Political prisoner convicted in a criminal case for three ‘political’ comments
Aliaksandr Kazakevich sentenced to 18 months of freedom restriction under home confinement
19.07.2022 Political prisoner Vital Zhylinski sentenced to three years in jail
He was convicted of participating in actions violating public order and inciting hatred
18.07.2022 Yuliya Laptanovich, mother of three, gets five years in jail
Political prisoner found guilty under six articles of the Criminal Code
18.07.2022 A photo with drummers at a protest led to three years under house arrest
Anastasiya Sankouskaya who was first sentenced to administrative imprisonment for taking part in protest, found guilty in a criminal case
18.07.2022 What happened to political prisoners last week, July 11 to 15
Political prisoners list updated with 26 names, at least six political prisoners convicted, and other news
15.07.2022 Student gets six years in jail for creating a button for website
On July 12 Brest Regional Court pronounced the verdict on 23-year-old political prisoner Kanstantsin Rudnitski
14.07.2022 Journalist convicted for taking pics of military aircraft
Political prisoner Yuryi Hantsarevich found guilty of promoting extremist activity
14.07.2022 FIDH: immediately release Viasna members and all those arbitrarily detained
A year after the arbitrary arrest of the president and vice president of the Human Rights Center Viasna, no justice is in sight
14.07.2022 Dashkevich family convicted
The sentence is a body blow to Zmitser and Nasta and sparks a public outcry
13.07.2022 Sixteen people prosecuted under notorious Article 342 are recognized as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
13.07.2022 Journalist Katsiaryna Andreyeva sentenced to eight years in prison for high treason
She was supposed to be released on September 5, however new charges under a serious article were brought against her in April
