News on the topic: political prisoners
12.09.2020 Human rights organisations call for immediate release of detained lawyers
Open statement in connection with the detention of Belarusian lawyers Ilya Salei and Maksim Znak
11.09.2020 MPs from Lithuania, Netherlands and Switzerland take over prisoners’ godparenthood for Viktar Babaryka, Aliaksandr Aranovich and Aliaksandr Frantskevich
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights, three more MPs have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus. Petras Austriavičius (European Parliament, Lithuania) Tineke Strik (European Parliament, Netherlands) and Fabian Molina (National Council, Switzerland) call for their immediate and unconditional release.
10.09.2020 Kalesnikava, Znak and Salei are new political prisoners
Joint statement of Belarusian human rights organizations
08.09.2020 HRDs call to end repression and release political prisoners
Joint statement of Belarusian human rights organizations
04.09.2020 More arrested protesters called political prisoners
Joint statement of human rights organizations of Belarus
03.09.2020 Members of the German Bundestag take over prisoners’ godparenthood for Eduard Babaryka, Siarhei Piatrukhin and Aliaksandr Kabanau
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights, three other members of the German Bundestag have taken over a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus. Karl-Heinz Brunner (SPD), Omid Nouripour (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) and Frank Schwabe (SPD) demand their immediate and unconditional release.
02.09.2020 Political prisoner Alena Karahachava released on bail
Alena Karahachava, personal assistant to the former presidential candidate Viktar Babaryka, has been released from the KGB pre-trial prison, according to Babaryka’s press-service. The charges, however, remain in place.
01.09.2020 Political prisoner Pavel Seviarynets faces formal charges
Pavel Seviarynets, co-founder of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party who has been in detention since June 7, has been officially charged under Part 2, Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (mass riots), according to his wife Volha. The period of his pre-trial detention has been extended by two more months.
28.08.2020 Nine more persons facing rioting charges called political prisoners
Human rights defenders demand an immediate release of political prisoners arrested in the framework of the “mass riots” criminal case - Joint statement of human rights organizations of Belarus
21.08.2020 After 75 days in prison, opposition activist Pavel Seviarynets suspected of plotting riots
Pavel Seviarynets, political prisoner and co-chairman of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party, will not be released after serving 75 days of administrative detention, according to his mother Tatsiana.
19.08.2020 HRDs call to release political prisoners held on rioting charges
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights organizations
19.08.2020 Prisoner’s Godparenthood for Vitali Shkliarov
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights, Erhard Grundl (Bundestag, Bündnis90/DieGrünen) demands the immediate and unconditional release of Vitali Shkliarov.
18.08.2020 Libereco: Belarus must immediately release all political prisoners
Libereco continues to stand in solidarity with all those in Belarus who struggle for the right to have their vote acknowledged. We will continue to campaign for human rights in Belarus and justice for the detainees.
08.08.2020 Charges against arrested strategist Vitaly Shklyarov politically motivated, HRDs say
The human rights community of Belarus considers Vitaly Shklyarov, political scientist arrested in Siarhei Tsikhanouski’s case, to be political prisoner, following reports of the authorities formally charging the Belarusian-born US expert under Part 1, Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (organization or active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order).
07.08.2020 Swiss MP takes over prisoner’s godparenthood for Siarhei Sparysh
As part of the solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou of Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights, Claudia Friedl (National Council, SP) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Siarhei Sparysh.
