News on the topic: detention conditions

Ruslan Akostka: "What is happening in the Belarusian penal colonies is torture"

04.10.2024 Ruslan Akostka: "What is happening in the Belarusian penal colonies is torture"

Ruslan told Viasna about the conditions of detention in the Horki colony and a meeting with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski.

"It's hard to talk about, but people forget about it." Political prisoner in the Zeltser case on the anniversary of his detention

02.10.2024 "It's hard to talk about, but people forget about it." Political prisoner in the Zeltser case on the anniversary of his detention

We publish a monologue by Artsiom Zadrutski on the anniversary of the Zeltser case.

Philosopher, priest, cycling activist, editor: more than 40 older people remain behind bars

01.10.2024 Philosopher, priest, cycling activist, editor: more than 40 older people remain behind bars

On the International Day of the Older Persons, we share some of their stories.

"When the security forces found that I had epilepsy, they reduced the power of the taser." The story of a former prisoner

30.09.2024 "When the security forces found that I had epilepsy, they reduced the power of the taser." The story of a former prisoner

Two years of home confinement for leaving Internet comments and threats to be sent to a penal colony for condemning the Russian army.

"I'm probably just going to die here": The situation of political prisoners from vulnerable groups

20.09.2024 "I'm probably just going to die here": The situation of political prisoners from vulnerable groups

Human rights activists have identified at least 254 political prisoners who are at particular risk of mistreatment while incarcerated.

"I was shot in the leg at the protests." The story of former political prisoner Dzmitry Panko-Niakrasau

17.09.2024 "I was shot in the leg at the protests." The story of former political prisoner Dzmitry Panko-Niakrasau

He expressed his position in the penal colony and ended up in SHIZO for 50 days.

Sister of Belarus protest leader Maryia Kalesnikava says she's starving in prison

17.09.2024 Sister of Belarus protest leader Maryia Kalesnikava says she's starving in prison

Four years on from her arrest, Maryia Kalesnikava, 42, is being held incommunicado in a tiny, stinking prison cell where the toilet is a hole in the floor, her sister Tatsiana Khomich says.

Home confinement replaced with penal colonies en masse: the reasons and who it affects

12.09.2024 Home confinement replaced with penal colonies en masse: the reasons and who it affects

Viasna, together with lawyer Vika Rudziankova, explains the reasons for changing the punishment, which kinds of violations are punished, and what is considered malicious evasion from serving a sentence.

"It violates human rights." What is known about the case of a detained Japanese in Belarus

06.09.2024 "It violates human rights." What is known about the case of a detained Japanese in Belarus

Immediately after the news were released on the state BT channel, Tokyo protested in the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.

"No one will know that you are sitting there beaten." Former political prisoner on the harsh conditions in the Vitsba penal colony

02.09.2024 "No one will know that you are sitting there beaten." Former political prisoner on the harsh conditions in the Vitsba penal colony

Mikalai spent almost two years in prison. In June, the man was released. He told Viasna how prisoners are deprived of the right to medical care and forced to do hard labor, about denunciations of the Belarusian language, beatings of prisoners, as well as severe restrictions on political activity.

150 days in a punitive isolation cell and not a single meeting in three years. The story of a former political prisoner from Zaslaŭje

22.08.2024 150 days in a punitive isolation cell and not a single meeting in three years. The story of a former political prisoner from Zaslaŭje

From March to June 2022, Siarhei was held in a punitive isolation cell, without bed linen, daily walks, and the possibility of buying in a prison shop.

Viasna volunteer Andrei Chapiuk placed in an isolation cell a day before a meeting with his parents

19.08.2024 Viasna volunteer Andrei Chapiuk placed in an isolation cell a day before a meeting with his parents

The reason: "violation of the clothing regulations." 

"Where have you been?" Ex-political prisoner writing poetry for prison guard

19.08.2024 "Where have you been?" Ex-political prisoner writing poetry for prison guard

"The KGB officers asked if I had contacted Viasna."

"I allegedly wanted to organize a strike in the industrial zone by the first anniversary of the protests". The story of a former political prisoner

16.08.2024 "I allegedly wanted to organize a strike in the industrial zone by the first anniversary of the protests". The story of a former political prisoner

Hleb told Viasna about writing a statement of refusal to work and being accused of preparing a strike for the first anniversary of the elections at the industrial zone in Navapolack colony No. 1.

"I still have a scar on my foot from the shoe." How colonies regulate women's appearance

13.08.2024 "I still have a scar on my foot from the shoe." How colonies regulate women's appearance

Today in Belarus 1,253 women who are convicted in politically motivated cases. 288 of them were sentenced to imprisonment.

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