19.07.2024 Employee of the German Red Cross sentenced to death in Belarus
On June 24, a 29-year-old employee of the German Red Cross, Rico Krieger, was sentenced in the Minsk Regional Court.
15.07.2024 "They beat me with a flagpole to make me kneel in front of the head of the police department". A story of an ex political prisoner
Uladzislau Biahun spoke with Viasna about his brutal detention and persecution for the removal of the national flag.
11.07.2024 "The statute of limitations does not apply to such crimes." Death anniversary of artist Ales Pushkin
Today, on the anniversary of Ales Pushkin's death, we recall the details of his persecution and death.
09.07.2024 Human rights situation in Belarus. June 2024
The human rights situation in Belarus has been defined by widespread and systematic violations of binding international law, persecution of political opponents of the regime and dissidents, and arbitrary criminal and administrative persecution.
08.07.2024 More than 15 political prisoners were amnestied and pardoned, among them Ryhor Kastusiou
Human rights defenders do not publish the names of other released prisoners for their safety.
01.07.2024 Viasna team mourn the sudden death of human rights activist Leanid Svetsik
For more than two decades, Leanid Svetsik has been engaged in the protection of human rights in the Viciebsk region.
27.06.2024 Belarus hits new low: Five years at the bottom of torture prohibition index in post-Soviet states
The Working Group on the Fight Torture of the Civic Solidarity Platform has released the annual results of measuring the Prohibition of Torture Index in these countries. For the fifth consecutive year, Belarus occupies the lowest ranking position on the list.
25.06.2024 We demand the rehabilitation of 22 former political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
20.06.2024 We demand to overturn the verdict against Leanid Sudalenka, to stop court arbitrariness and persecution of human rights defenders
Statement of the Viasna Human Rights Center
19.06.2024 Five years of imprisonment in a high security colony and a huge fine: the verdict of human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka
Leanid Sudalenka is one of the first human rights defenders who faced criminal prosecution after the 2020 presidential election.
18.06.2024 "The head of the colony personally beats up political prisoners." A former prisoner speaks about the Viciebsk colony
He secretly brought the contacts of his cellmates out from prison and persuaded the "activists" to work with political prisoners.
06.06.2024 Human rights situation in Belarus. May 2024
The level of repression against political opponents of the regime and dissidents in Belarus remains critically high.
04.06.2024 Amnesty 2024: in honor of the liberation of Belarus without the release of political prisoners
Since Belarus asserted its independence, more than a dozen amnesty laws have been adopted. This usually happens in connection with the state celebration of some anniversary.
29.05.2024 Four years since the day of mass detentions in Hrodna: what happened to the defendants in the Tsikhanouski case
Those events on a square in Hrodna on May 29, 2020, can be called the beginning of mass persecution in Belarus, which continue to this time.
28.05.2024 Forced labor in Belarus in the light of global assessments
Together with Viasna human rights activist Aleh Matskevich, we continue to talk about forced labor in Belarus in the context of international standards.
