25.04.2024 "If you don't sign it, then your wife will go to prison, and your kids will be taken away by the children's services." Serhii Melyanets spoke about his detention
Once safe, Serhii told Viasna his story of persecution.
23.04.2024 "Until you exit the gate, you don't know if they will detain you for more days or if there's already a criminal case," a former prisoner
A Minsk resident told Viasna about the difference between a regular cell and a political punishment cell in the Center for Isolation of Offenders at Akrescina and his cellmates at the end of January 2024.
19.04.2024 Political prisoner list in Belarus expanded by 11 names
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
19.04.2024 "I'm probably just going to die here": The situation of political prisoners from vulnerable groups
Human rights activists have identified at least 255 political prisoners who are at particular risk of mistreatment while incarcerated.
16.04.2024 "The investigator turned to the wall and began to cry." The story of a senior citizen who was convicted for participating in protests
Aliaksei asked smugglers to help him escape from Belarus and jumped for joy when he was safe.
11.04.2024 Aliaksandr Kulinich, accused of insulting Lukashenka, died in the Brest pre-trial detention center
This is the sixth death of a political prisoner behind bars.
08.04.2024 Human rights situation in Belarus. March 2024
Human rights violations in Belarus remain widespread, fundamental freedoms are critically vulnerable, repression against political opponents of the regime and dissidents continues, and the bellicose rhetoric of the authorities in foreign and domestic policy has intensified.
08.04.2024 Ukrainians, Poles, Russians: which foreign citizens are in Belarusian prisons for political reasons
Viasna reports which foreign citizens are being persecuted in Belarus for political reasons.
02.04.2024 Elections*2024. Final analytical report on the results of monitoring the elections of deputies on a single voting day on February 25, 2024
The expert elections*12024 observation mission was organized by the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Viasna Human Rights Center as part of the "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections" campaign. The mission collects and analyzes information about the election campaign based on open sources and messages from voters from Belarus.
29.03.2024 Viasna receives University of Graz award for documenting human rights violations
As part of the International Accountability Platform for Belarus, the Viasna Human Rights Center received the University of Graz Human Rights Award.
27.03.2024 German MP becomes godparent for Ales Bialiatski
As part of our #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (German Bundestag, FDP) has taken on the god-parenthood of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski.
25.03.2024 Statement on recognizing Ihar Karnei as political prisoner
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
24.03.2024 Human rights organizations demand rehabilitation of 20 former political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
22.03.2024 Journalist Andrei Tolchyn receives prison sentence
On 21 March, the Homieĺ Regional Court sentenced political prisoner and freelance journalist Andrei Tolchyn on charges of “promoting extremist activities”.
21.03.2024 Human Rights House Foundation urges to establish investigative mechanism on Belarus
Such mechanism is critical to continue the work of documenting serious human rights violations, identifying perpetrators, and paving the way for accountability
