29.02.2012 Syarhei Kavalenka transferred to Minsk colony hospital

The reason for his transfer from Vitsebsk to Minsk in unknown.

28.02.2012 Belarusian Helsinki Committee demands to inspect torture report by Valadarski detention center prisoner

The Belarusian Helsinki Committee has lodged an appeal with the Prosecutor General’s Office demanding to investigate torture allegations reported by Mr. Siarhei Hafarau, inmate of Minsk detention center in Valadarski Street, Radio Racyja reports.

22.02.2012 Zmitser Dashkevich again thrown into punishment cell for 10 days

A political prisoner met with his lawyer today.

Euroradio has learned this information from political prisoner's fiancee Anastasia Palazhanka.

20.02.2012 Vitsebsk human rights defender demands release of Siarhei Kavalenka

Vitsebsk human rights defender Pavel Levinau has submitted a written appeal with Pershamaiski District Court demanding a milder measure of restraint for the imprisoned opposition activist Siarhei Kavalenka, ahead of the trial he is to stand on 21 February.

20.02.2012 Inter Press Service: Political Prisoners Facing Oppression

"I had to fight to be treated like a human, not animal," dissident Nikolai Avtukhovich wrote from prison.

17.02.2012 Ales Bialiatski transferred to Babruisk penal colony

The imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski has been convoyed to penal colony No. 2 in the town of Babruisk, Mahiliou region, to serve his 4.5-year term for alleged tax evasion, the human rights defender’s wife says.

17.02.2012 Ill-treatment of political prisoners goes on

A forcible attempt was made to throw Zmitser Dashkevich into a cell with a so-called downcast prisoner.

25.01.2012 Statement: Viasna strongly condemns use of torture, intimidation, blackmail and other intolerable kinds of harassment against prisoners of conscience

Minsk – 25 January 2012 The Human Rights Center “Viasna” strongly condemns the use of torture, intimidation, blackmail and other intolerable kinds of harassment against prisoners of conscience. Of especial concern is the recent report by Mrs. Iryna Khalip, the wife of former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikau, saying that the prisoner’s life is at risk due to the reported use of torture and inhuman treatment against him.

25.01.2012 Iryna Khalip: Lukashenka’s aim not to release Sannikov from prison alive

The wife of the presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov held an urgent press-conference on January 25.

25.01.2012 Andrej Sannikau sends request for pardon to Lukashenka

It happened back on November 20. The political prisoner says that they threatened him with his wife and son's security.

23.01.2012 Jailed Ex-Belarusian Presidential Candidate Finally Sees Lawyer

VITSEBSK, Belarus -- The jailed former Belarusian presidential candidate Andrey Sannikau has been allowed to see his lawyer for the first time in two months, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.

19.01.2012 Jailed Belarusian Activist On Hunger Strike Being 'Forcibly Fed'

VITSEBSK, Belarus -- Medical personnel have begun forcibly feeding a jailed political activist on hunger strike in eastern Belarus, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.

17.01.2012 Mikalai Statkevich is in punishment cell

A lawyer of Statkevich and his wife have arrived in Mahilyou today to meet with the political prisoner.

16.01.2012 Jailed Belarusian Activist's Friends Kept From Seeing Him On His Birthday

VITSEBSK, Belarus -- The friends and colleagues of a political activist jailed in eastern Belarus have been prevented from visiting him on his birthday, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.

27.12.2011 Ales Bialiatski pays tribute to father in Minsk morgue

Ales Bialiatski was given 10 minutes to pay last tribute to his father in a morgue in Minsk this morning.