17.09.2021 Belarus: International human rights groups demand release of Viasna members on first anniversary of crackdown
23 international and Belarusian human rights organizations are launching a campaign to demand the release of seven detained Viasna members.
13.09.2021 Join #FreeViasna campaign and support imprisoned human rights defenders!
#FreeViasna, the international campaign of solidarity in support of imprisoned human rights defenders of Viasna, will be launched on September 17.
10.09.2021 6 new names on list of political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
09.09.2021 Human rights defenders call to review sentences in politically motivated trials
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
07.09.2021 Human rights defenders to launch international campaign #FreeViasna
Several key Belarusian and international human rights organizations announced plans to launch an international campaign of solidarity entitled #FreeViasna, following a coordination meeting held in Vilnius on September 6-7.
06.09.2021 Maryia Kalesnikava and Maksim Znak sentenced to 11 and 10 years in prison
Kalesnikava will serve her sentence in a general-security penal colony, while Znak was ordered imprisonment under medium-security conditions.
02.09.2021 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: August 2021
During the month, the authorities continued to actively prosecute individuals for political reasons. Viasna knows the names of at least 136 people convicted in August in politically motivated criminal trials.
31.08.2021 7 new names on list of political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
27.08.2021 As authorities say they will not prosecute police officers over torture reports, Viasna pledges to continue documenting abuse
The Investigative Committee said yesterday that it would not open any criminal cases, after completing an investigation into some 680 statements filed by post-election protesters to report torture and other types of ill-treatment at the hands of security forces.
25.08.2021 Human rights defenders demand retrials and release of four new political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
23.08.2021 Trial of Viasna’s Homieĺ members set for September 3
Human rights defender of Viasna Leanid Sudalenka and volunteer Tatsiana Lasitsa have been detained for seven months.
21.08.2021 Political prisoners Ihar Liashchenia, Viktar Kuushynau are free
Viktar Kuushynau, product director at the PandaDoc software company, and Ihar Liashchenia, former Belarusian ambassador to Slovakia, were released yesterday.
19.08.2021 Human rights defenders call to release BelaPAN employees
Statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
18.08.2021 7 more protesters listed as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
16.08.2021 Political prisoner Stsiapan Latypau sentenced to heavy term in mock trial
The Saviecki District Court of Minsk sentenced Latypau to eight and a half years in prison and a fine of 8,700 rubles.
