"If we compare the days of detention in 2022 and 2024, it has become worse now." A former political prisoner spoke about the penal colony and the detention after his release
A former political prisoner told Viasna about the conditions of detention in Ivacevičy penal colony No. 22, about the manufacture of boxes for weapons and military uniforms for Russia, and Viachaslau Areshka's serious health condition.
Political prisoner Alena Lazarchyk was sentenced to another year and a half of imprisonment
This time, she was found guilty under Part 2 of Article 411 of the Criminal Code (malicious disobedience to the lawful demands of the penal colony administration).
The statement on the recognition of nine people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
Three new godparents for political prisoners in Belarus from Finland, Latvia and Germany
Within the framework of #WeStandBYyou campaign, Oras Tynkkynen (Vihreä liitto, Finland), Andris Šuvajevs (PROGRESĪVIE, Latvia), and Terry Reintke (Die Grünen/EFA, European Parliament) have each taken on a symbolic godparenthood for Aliaksei Arlou, Halina Dzerbysh, and Volha Petukh.
Political prisoner with Polish citizenship deported after his release and banned from entering Belarus
Robert Tompala was banned from entering Belarus for eight years.
The statement on the recognition of 7 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
"My wife fell in love with a guard from Valadarka and fell in love with the regime." Former political prisoner speaks on his imprisonment
The man was beaten in the face until he bled.
"If you tell someone what happened to you here, we'll see each other again"
Mikhail, who worked in the cultural and tourism sector in 2021, was detained on October 1, 2021, at his workplace near Minsk.
Political prisoner Dzianis Salmanovich was transferred to a prison security level
Viasna human rights activists have learned that political prisoner Dzianis Salmanovich has been transferred to prison No. 4 in Mahilioŭ.
Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders demands an end to the renewed persecution of Leanid Sudalenka
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) has issued a statement regarding the new criminal case against human rights defender and former political prisoner Leanid Sudalenka.
International Roma Day is celebrated on April 8
What is the situation with Roma rights in Belarus?
Human rights situation in Belarus. March 2025
The human rights situation in Belarus remains critically grave. It is characterized by continued repression of the 2020 protesters, opponents of the ruling regime, and dissidents.
Death penalty
- Amnesty International: Belarus among 46 countries that imposed death sentences in 2024
- 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)
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