News on the topic: political prisoners
07.05.2021 Court orders lengthy prison terms in “Army Together With the People” trial
The Minsk Regional Court has sentenced five persons to various terms of imprisonment over their role in running a Telegram channel entitled “Army Together With the People”. The convicts include four political prisoners.
07.05.2021 Aliaksandr Kardziukou is political prisoner
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
07.05.2021 Members of Parliament from Great Britain and Ireland take over godparenthood for Aliaksei Ramanau, Aliaksei Samusenka and Siarhei Yarashevich
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco, Sir Edward Davey (House of Commons, Liberal Democrats, Great Britain), Joe O’Reilly, (Seanad Éireann, Fine Gael, Ireland) and Seán Sherlock (Dáil Éireann, Labour Party, Ireland) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
07.05.2021 Political prisoner Danila Chamadanau among new group of convicts in Brest “dancing protest trial”
The Maskoŭski District Court of Brest convicted today 14 more people charged with staging a “dancing protest” at an intersection in central Brest on September 13, 2020, which the authorities said was a crime under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code, “organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them.” One of the convicts, political prisoner and a Russian national Danila Chamadanau, was sentenced to one year in prison.
06.05.2021 Immediately release political prisoner Artsiom Bayarski!
Joint statement of Belarusian human rights organizations
05.05.2021 6 new names on list of political prisoners
Joint statement by the human rights organizations of Belarus
04.05.2021 Human rights organizations name three new political prisoners
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
04.05.2021 Tsikhanouskaya’s campaign members convicted in Homieĺ over alleged plans to seize power
On May 4, the Čyhunačny District Court of Homieĺ has handed down verdicts in a criminal trial involving four members of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s presidential campaign. Political prisoners Tatsiana Kaneuskaya, Yury Ulasau, Dzmitry Ivashkou and Aliaksandr Shabalin were accused of “rioting” and plotting to “seize government buildings.”
30.04.2021 Members of Parliament from Sweden and Ireland take over godparenthood for Aliaksandr Tseleshman, Ales Pushkin and Artsiom Miadzvedski
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco, Jakop Dalunde (European Parliament, Miljöpartiet de gröna, Sweden), Camilla Hansén (Riksdag of Sweden, Miljöpartiet de gröna, Sweden) and Seán Kelly (European Parliament, Fine Gael, Ireland) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
30.04.2021 14 defendants in political trial get lengthy prison terms
The Maskoŭski District Court of Brest ruled today in the “rioting” case (Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code) against fourteen political prisoners accused of participating in riots on the night of August 9, 2020, in Pinsk.
29.04.2021 Volha Mayorava and Dzianis Urad are political prisoners
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
27.04.2021 “All cases are trumped up!” Aliaksandr Aranovich sentenced to six years in prison
The Lieninski District Court of Hrodna handed down a verdict in a criminal case against Aliaksandr Aranovich, a 38-year-old political prisoner affiliated with Siarhei Tsikhanouski’s campaign “Country for Living”.
26.04.2021 New 'godparents' for Belarusian political prisoners
Members of Parliament from Poland, Great Britain and Germany take over godparenthood for Andrzej Poczobut, Andrei Aliaksandrau and Ihar Salavei
24.04.2021 Political prisoner Aleh Korban free after “khimiya” sentence
On April 23, the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk sentenced Aleh Korban, leader of the civil society initiative “Alternative”, to 18 months of restricted freedom in an open penal colony (“khimiya”). The political prisoner was released in the courtroom and will be free until the sentence becomes final.
23.04.2021 MPs from Great Britain and Ireland take over godparenthood for Dzianis Zhuk, Mark Antonau and Leu Tsialipka
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco, Nick Smith (House of Commons, Welsh Labour Party, Great Britain), Catherine West (House of Commons, Labour Party, Great Britain) and Deirdre Clune (European Parliament, Fine Gael, Ireland) have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
