News on the topic: political prisoners
05.01.2022 Statement on recognizing Mikalai Kazlou as a political prisoner
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
05.01.2022 Political prisoners in Belarus in 2021. Statistics
At the end of 2021, there were 969 political prisoners in Belarus. This is the largest number of political prisoners in the history of independent Belarus.
04.01.2022 An Afghan veteran sentenced to 1.5 years of home confinement
On December 22, the Salihorsk District Court found the political prisoner Uladzimir Dalmatovich guilty of desecrating the state flag. 53-year-old Uladzimir Dalmatovich was charged with Art. 370 of the Criminal Code (Desecration of state symbols).
04.01.2022 Yan Nikishkin sentenced to 1.5 years in prison
On December 31, 2021, the judge of the Zavodski District Court of Minsk Anzhela Kastsiukevich found Yan guilty under Part 1 of Art. 342 and Part 1 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code
03.01.2022 Homieĺ residents sentenced to 3 years in prison for taking part in a protest in September 2020
On January 3, the court of the Central District of Homieĺ sentenced two political prisoners, Stanislau Machalau and Dzmitry Hryshchanka, to 3 years in prison. They both were accused of organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or actively participating in them (Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code).
03.01.2022 #FreeViasna: Weekly news digest on Viasna’s imprisoned human rights defenders
On September 17, #FreeViasna campaign of solidarity with the imprisoned "Viasna" members was launched. Here’s the latest news about them.
30.12.2021 Human rights defenders call to release three new political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
29.12.2021 The most high-profile cases of torture in Belarus in 2021
During this year's trials, the society learned about the horrific details of the beating and torture of political prisoners Mikola Dziadok, Stsiapan Latypau, Dzmitry Dubouski, Ihar Alinevich, Siarhei Ramanau and Dzmitry Rezanovich, Volha Zalatar, Yahor Martsinovich, Yegor Dudnikov and Artsiom Bayarski.
29.12.2021 Another six names added to the list of political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
28.12.2021 IRDORATH musicians sentenced to one and a half years in prison each
On December 28, 2021, the Leninski District Court of Minsk sentenced three political prisoners, musicians of the of IRDORATH band Yuliya Marchanka, Piotr Marchanka and Anton Shnip, to 1,5 years in prison.
28.12.2021 #FreedomLetters campaign took place in several Lithuanian cities
"Viasna" human rights activists, together with the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs representatives, organized a series of #FreedomLetters actions to sign postcards to political prisoners in Belarus.
28.12.2021 Eight names added to the list of political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
27.12.2021 Political prisoner Yegor Dudnikov sentenced to 11 years in prison
On December 27, the Minsk City Court announced a verdict in the criminal case against a 21-year-old political prisoner and a Russian citizen Yegor Dudnikov.
27.12.2021 #FreeViasna: Weekly news digest on Viasna’s imprisoned human rights defenders
The latest news about the imprisoned "Viasna" members
24.12.2021 HRDs call for retrials and release of three political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
