News on the topic: political prisoners
13.05.2022 EU Statement on political repression and the death penalty in Belarus
On May 12, the OSCE Permanent Council issued a statement on political repression and the death penalty in Belarus
13.05.2022 Arrested representatives of independent trade unions recognized as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
13.05.2022 #FactsOfRepression: Two years of state terror in Belarus
Two years after the unprecedented crackdown on dissidents in Belarus, Libereco presents a graphic report on the situation of the more than 1100 political prisoners in the neighboring country of the EU
12.05.2022 Intex-press journalist Yuryi Hantsarevich recognized political prisoner
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
11.05.2022 Members of Parliament from Ireland and Germany adopt political prisoners Alena Hnauk, Maryna Dubrouskaya and Pavel Yukhnevich
As part of Libereco’s solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou, Ged Nash (Dáil Éireann, Labour Party), Katrin Uhlig (German Bundestag, Alliance 90/The Greens) and Marlene Schönberger (German Bundestag, Alliance 90/The Greens) have taken on a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus
06.05.2022 Thirty more political prisoners in Belarus
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
06.05.2022 First French parliament member joins #WeStandBY solidarity campaign
Alexandra Louis (Assemblée nationale, Agir), Tabea Rößner (German Bundestag, Alliance 90/The Greens) and Max Lucks (German Bundestag, Alliance 90/The Greens) have taken on a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
04.05.2022 Eleven more defendants in “dancing protest” case convicted
127 people already convicted in one of the biggest political cases in Belarus
04.05.2022 #FreeViasna: Weekly news digest on Viasna’s imprisoned human rights defenders
Latest news about imprisoned Viasna members from April 25 to May 1
29.04.2022 ‘Welcome to Gestapo’: The arrest of artist Dzmitry Padrez
Former cellmate's account of threats and beatings during the arrest of a political prisoner
28.04.2022 Twenty-seven new political prisoners in Belarus
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
26.04.2022 Defiant former investigator beaten in jail
Mikita Starazhenka's cellmate confirmes there were marks of severe beatings on political prisoner
26.04.2022 “You are the force that moves Belarus forward”: Viasna turns twenty-six
While seven members of organization remain behind bars among more than a thousand political prisoners, Viasna remains at the forefront of human rights protection
26.04.2022 Novy Chas editor-in-chief Aksana Kolb is political prisoner
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
25.04.2022 The trial of Marfa Rabkova, Andrei Chapiuk and eight other political prisoners to be held behind closed doors
The trial of ten political prisoners began today in Minsk City Court
