Another criminal case filed against human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka
On March 26, several law enforcement officers and a prosecutor came to his place of registration in Homieĺ.
Human rights organizations submit evidence of crimes against humanity in Belarus to the International Criminal Court
On 20 March 2025, six Belarusian and international civil society organizations – the Center for Global Justice and Human Rights “M.A.R.A.”, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Human Rights Center “Viasna”, the International Committee for the Investigation of Torture in Belarus, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, and Human Constanta – submitted evidence of potential crimes against humanity committed by the Belarusian authorities to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
The UN expressed concerns about the treatment of women in Belarusian prisons
"We are deeply concerned about the harsh treatment of women convicted in connection with the protests against the 2020 presidential election," the experts stated.
Political prisoner Mikita Yemilyanau, who was scheduled for release this year, has had his sentence extended by a year
The total term of Mikita's imprisonment is now seven years.
“We all stood in white T-shirts”. How political prisoners celebrated Freedom Day in captivity
Former political prisoners told Viasna how they found ways to celebrate this holiday even behind bars.
"You don't exist in Belarus". How the authorities control pardoned political prisoners
Together with the legal service of Viasna we tell how former political prisoners are controlled in Belarus after the pardon.
A group of independent experts told the UN about the human rights situation in Belarus
Within the framework of the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council an interactive dialogue was held, during which a group of independent experts presented a report on the human rights situation in our country and spoke about their activities.
Arrested stand-up comedian Artemy Ostanin was beaten by Belarusian law enforcement officers
According to Artemy's lawyer, during the convoy from Belarus to Russia, the comedian was taken to the forest, where three people started beating him.
We demand the rehabilitation of 91 former political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
"The case requires urgent attention". The UN recognized Marfa Rabkova's imprisonment as arbitrary and called for her release
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention considered the appeal of Viasna lawyers and recognized Marfa Rabkova's detention as arbitrary and politically motivated. The UN international experts concluded that her persecution violates international norms and is solely due to her human rights work.
Deterioration of health, new criminal cases, placement in SHIZO: what happened to political prisoners over the past month
Viasna reports how political prisoners are put under pressure, and what is known about the health of some of them.
Japanese man Nakanishi Masatoshi sentenced to 7 years in a penal colony for "agent activity"
The political prisoner was sentenced to the maximum term of imprisonment.
Death penalty
- Preface by Ales Bialiatski to the book The Death Penalty in Belarus
- Malaysian man believed at risk of execution: Pannir Selvam Pranthaman
- "The existence of the death penalty is always a litmus test of the human rights situation"
- Kurdish dissident sentenced to death in Iran: Verisheh Moradi
- Over the past 10 years, 24 death sentences have been handed down in Belarus. Review of high-profile cases
- Restriction, moratorium, abolition: How Lithuania eliminated the death penalty
- Burkina Faso plans to reinstate death penalty
- Iran: youth arrested at 17 at risk of imminent execution: Mohammad Reza Azizi
- Declaration by the youth ambassadors for the abolition of the death penalty
- Singapore moves further out of step on death penalty
- New arguments in favor of abolishing the death penalty: threats and benefits for the Lukashenka regime
- "Are you ready to give these courts the right to take lives?" A film about the death penalty was showed in Warsaw
- Kurdish woman activist sentenced to death: Pakhshan Azizi (document)
- Woman Rights Defender at Risk of Execution: Sharifeh Mohammadi (document)
- "Australia should strengthen its global advocacy to abolish the death penalty", Human Rights Watch said
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