News on the topic: political prisoners
11.11.2021 Couple released after over 100 days in dire conditions
Anastasiya Krupenich-Kandratsiyeva and her husband Siarhei Krupenich were released on November 5, after spending nearly four months in a detention facility in Minsk. The couple left Belarus shortly after release.
10.11.2021 Political prisoner Mikalai Dziadok sentenced to 5 years in prison
The Minsk City Court sentenced Mikalai Dziadok, a 33-year-old political prisoner, blogger and anarchist, to five years in a general-security penal colony.
09.11.2021 Release Mr. Tsikhanouski immediately: UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention rules in blogger's case
The deprivation of liberty of Siarhei Tsikhanouski is arbitrary. The Belarusian government should take urgent action to ensure his immediate release.
09.11.2021 19 political prisoners convicted in Brest
The Lieninski District Court of Brest sentenced nineteen political prisoners to various terms of imprisonment over their involvement in a series of post-election protests held on August 9-10 last year.
08.11.2021 #FreeViasna: Weekly news digest on Viasna’s imprisoned human rights defenders
On September 17, dozens of Belarusian and international human rights groups launched #FreeViasna, the campaign of solidarity with the imprisoned human rights activists of Viasna. Here’s the latest news about the Viasna members held behind bars.
04.11.2021 Artsiom Bayarski’s godparent raises political prisoner’s case in Irish Parliament
Cathal Berry, Irish MP and godparent of political prisoner Artsiom Bayarski as part of Libereco's #WeStandBYyou campaign, raised his case in the Irish parliament on November 3.
04.11.2021 Reprisals against Belarusian civil society must stop - CoE Commissioner for Human Rights
The verdicts further aggravate a situation that had already reached alarming levels, with the recent liquidation of the remaining registered human rights NGOs.
04.11.2021 9 more persons in defamation cases classified as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
03.11.2021 Joint Statement on the Sentencing of Two Members of Human Rights Group Viasna in Belarus
Rights Organizations Call on Belarusian Authorities to End Politically Motivated Prosecutions
03.11.2021 Viasna activists Leanid Sudalenka and Tatsiana Lasitsa sentenced to 3 and 2 ½ years in prison
The Centraĺny District Court of Homieĺ announced today a verdict in the criminal trial of Viasna human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka and volunteer Tatsiana Lasitsa.
01.11.2021 In October, at least 95 people were convicted in protest-related criminal trials
Viasna continues to monitor politically motivated criminal trials, which have been the primary tool of repression since the announcement of the presidential election last May.
29.10.2021 Bagpiper Dzmitry Shymanski convicted over August 2020 protest
The Zavodski District Court of Minsk sentenced today political prisoner Dzmitry Shymanski to three years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary (“khimiya”) on charges of organizing “actions that grossly violated public order” and “training of persons to participate in such actions”.
27.10.2021 Trial of Viasna members resumes in Homieĺ, volunteer Maryia Tarasenka leaves Belarus
Maryia Tarasenka, a volunteer of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” and a defendant in a politically motivated trial in Homieĺ, left the country.
27.10.2021 European MPs adopt political prisoners Dzmitry Shymanski, Volha Loika and Siarhei Maushuk
As part of Libereco’s #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Willie Rennie (Scottish Parliament, Liberal Democrats), Valérie Piller Carrard (Swiss National Council, Social Democrats) und Colm Markey (European Parliament, Fine Gael) are taking on godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
26.10.2021 12 new names on list of political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
