The Human Rights Center “Viasna”

16.02.2021 BAJ, Viasna under attack

At least 25 human rights defenders, mostly working with the Belarusian Association of Journalists and the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, have been either detained or targeted in police raids this morning. Several offices were searched, both in Minsk and across Belarus, including Viasna’s office in Minsk.

15.02.2021 10 more arrested protesters declared political prisoners

Joint statement by the human rights organizations of Belarus

12.02.2021 Hands off Marfa, hands off Viasna, hands off human rights defenders!

Statement by the Board of the Human Rights Center "Viasna"

12.02.2021 Viasna’s Marfa Rabkova faces new charges

On February 11, Marfa Rabkova, coordinator of Viasna’s volunteer network, faced new criminal charges of “inciting social hostility to the government by a group of unidentified individuals” (Part 3 of Art. 130) and “involvement in a criminal organization” (Part 2 of Art. 285 of the Criminal Code).

10.02.2021 Seven convicts in defamation and flag desecration trials called political prisoners

Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community

09.02.2021 Human rights defenders insist on retrials for 11 more political prisoners

Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community

09.02.2021 Political prisoner Artsiom Sauchuk sentenced to 4 years in prison

Judge Yuliya Blizniuk of the Frunzienski District Court of Minsk has sentenced political prisoner Artsiom Sauchuk to 4 years in a medium-security penal colony, finding him guilty under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code.

08.02.2021 Convicted blogger Pavel Spiryn is political prisoner

Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights organizations

05.02.2021 Freedom for Siarhei Drazdouski and Aleh Hrableuski!

Human rights defenders demand the immediate release of Siarhei Drazdouski and Aleh Hrableuski, activists of the Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

04.02.2021 We demand immediate release of political prisoners Stefan Lazavik and Viktar Losik

Joint statement of Belarusian human rights organizations

02.02.2021 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: January 2021

Experts of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" note the continuing intensification of repression and further deterioration of the human rights crisis in the country.

02.02.2021 Political prisoner Dzmitry Dubkou sentenced to 7 years in prison

Judge Alena Zhukovich of the Saviecki District Court of Minsk sentenced today political prisoner Dzmitry Dubkou to seven years in a medium-security penal colony. He was found guilty under Part 3 of Art. 214 and Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code.

02.02.2021 First verdict in “Tsikhanouski case”: critical blogger Uladzimir Niaronski sentenced to 3 years in prison

The Lahojsk District Court has sentenced political prisoner Uladzimir Niaronski to a three-year imprisonment in a general-security penal colony, finding him guilty of calling to breach public order (Part 1 of Art 342 of the Criminal Code) and publicly insulting a government official (Art. 369).

01.02.2021 Former political prisoner Aleh Mazhou sentenced to three years of restricted freedom

The Lieninski District Court of Minsk sentenced today 26-year-old athlete Aleh Mazhou to three years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary (so-called “khimiya”), finding him guilty of “group actions gravely breaching public order” (Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code). The criminal case was condemned by Belarusian human rights defenders as politically motivated.