News on the topic: detention conditions
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.
26.12.2011 Will Bialiatski be allowed to attend father's funeral?
Every authority possible has been involved to obtain permission for imprisoned Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski to attend the funeral of his father, who died on 24 December, says the human rights defender's wife Natallia, following her today's appeals submitted to the Prosecutor General's Office and the Interior Ministry.
24.12.2011 Ales Bialiatski's father dies
The father of imprisoned Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski Viktar Bialiatski, 82, has died of lung cancer this morning. Thus, Ales Bialiatski has not managed to see his dying father after the human rights defender's wife and associates were repeatedly denied the right with reference to procedural flaws and legal requirements.
22.12.2011 Ales Bialiatski will not be able to see father, says Interior Ministry
The Interior Ministry’s Department for the Execution of Sentences has banned the meeting of imprisoned Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski with his dying father, says his wife Natallia.
