News on the topic: political prisoners
12.10.2021 Siarhei Krupenich and Anastasiya Krupenich-Kandratsiyeva are political prisoners
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
12.10.2021 Tsikhanouskaya’s campaign volunteer convicted in Minsk
The Saviecki District Court of Minsk sentenced political prisoner Aliaksandr Dabryianik to three years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary (“khimiya”) on charges of “organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them”.
12.10.2021 Babaryka’s campaign managers Kupreyeva and Karaka walk free
The charges against Kupreyeva and Karaka remain in place and they will be under travel restrictions before trial.
11.10.2021 #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.
08.10.2021 Ex-police officer sentenced to 2 years in prison for participating in post-election protests
The Centraĺny District Court of Minsk sentenced political prisoner Yahor Viarshynin to two years in a general-security penal colony, finding him guilty under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (“actions that grossly violate public order”).
07.10.2021 Human rights defenders call to release 73 people detained in Zeltser case
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
06.10.2021 Political prisoner Aleh Kulesha sentenced to prison term in another dancing protest trial in Brest
The Maskoŭski District Court of Brest has convicted the eighth group of defendants in the series of trials dubbed by journalists and human rights defenders as “dancing protest case”.
06.10.2021 Political prisoners punished by solitary confinement for answering letters of solidarity
Political prisoners serving their sentences at penal colony No. 17 in Škloŭ are sent to solitary confinement or punishment cells if they reply to letters of support they receive from people they don’t know.
05.10.2021 Human rights groups insist on retrials and release of six more convicts
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
05.10.2021 Release Rabochy Rukh activists Ihar Mints and Natallia Belabekhava
Joint statement of Belarusian human rights organizations
05.10.2021 6 new names on list of political prisoners
Joint statement by Belarusian human rights organizations
04.10.2021 #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.
02.10.2021 4 years in prison for climbing a garbage container: Political prisoner Pavel Lukayanau convicted in Minsk
On October 1, political prisoner Pavel Lukayanau was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony on “rioting” charges related to a post-election protest of August 10, 2020.
30.09.2021 12 more defendants in defamation trials listed as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
30.09.2021 At least 439 people sent to prisons on protest charges: One year after first sentence in post-election trials
One year ago, on September 29, 2020, the first politically motivated verdict was passed for the events related to the rigged presidential election. On that day, Pavel Piaskou and Uladzislau Yeustsihneyeu were convicted under Part 2 of Art. 363 of the Criminal Code for resisting riot police officers during a rally on June 19, in which a riot policeman pulled out a gun to threaten unarmed protesters.
