29.03.2023 Prosecutor appeals the verdict in Viasna case
Aliaksandr Karol askes for two more years of imprisonment and higher fines for political prisoners.
28.03.2023 Journalists Padabed and Lazarau recognised as political prisoners
One of the most egregious forms of harassment is the criminal prosecution of journalists for “belonging to an extremist organization or promoting extremist activities”.
24.03.2023 #FreeViasna: Latest news about jailed Viasna human rights defenders
Rabkova and Chapiuk transferred to colonies, Stefanovic sends a letter from jail, and Bialiatski's wife promotes the Belarusian struggle for freedom in Poland.
23.03.2023 Belarus outraged by the UNHCHR report on the situation with the human rights in the country
The examination concluded that some of the violations may amount to crimes against humanity.
21.03.2023 Viasna member Natallia Satsunkevich: “What’s going on in Belarus is not only about my country… we are all connected.”
Right Livelihood talked to Natallia shortly after the final verdict in the Viasna case.
17.03.2023 OHCHR report on Belarus: At least 100,000 people fled abroad after the 2020 presidential election
Some of the human rights violations in Belarus amount to crimes against humanity.
16.03.2023 Rabkova's cellmate: “Marfa needs biopsy to see if it's benign or something worse”
Some hope remains that the activist will get help in the penal colony after the transfer.
14.03.2023 Out of jail! In February, 20 political prisoners were released
Viasna recalls their cases.
03.03.2023 Viasna leadership receives from 7 to 10 years in jail
The sentences imposed are two years less than those requested by the prosecutor.
01.03.2023 Rabkova and Chapiuk sentences commuted after appeal
The verdict came into force and the political prisoners will soon be transported to the colonies.
22.02.2023 Sports in custody: how the right turned into a method of pressure
People behind bars are not just deprived of the right to physical activity — it becomes another method of pressure from the authorities, when impossible conditions are created for any, even minimal exercise.
17.02.2023 Condemned prisoner's death date revealed more than a year after the execution
This is not the first time details of execution remain not known for a long time.
07.02.2023 “The case is unprecedented. What is that if not politics?” Human rights defenders interrogated in the Viasna case
Viasna tells what our fellow human rights defenders said in court.
03.02.2023 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: January 2023
The Lieninski District Court of Minsk started hearing the criminal case of members of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”.
02.02.2023 All 284 volumes of Viasna case files presented to court
Along with open source data, the materials also contain police surveillance and wiretap data.
