News for 7 Apr 2021
07.04.2021 Human rights groups insist on release and retrials for 15 more political prisoners
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
07.04.2021 Political prisoner Aliaksandra Patrasayeva sentenced to three years of “home imprisonment”, released in the courtroom
Judge Volha Malashenka of the Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk has sentenced political prisoner Aliaksandra Patrasayeva to three years of restricted freedom known as “home imprisonment”. The convict was released in the courtroom.
07.04.2021 Belarus in Amnesty International's Annual Report 2020/21
The year was characterized by recurrent peaceful protests, with the presidential election in August serving as a catalyst for the most egregious crackdown on freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association in Belarus’ post-independence history.
07.04.2021 Opposition politician Uladzimir Niapomniashchykh sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison
The Saviecki District Court of Homieĺ has sentenced Uladzimir Niapomniashchykh, a veteran opposition politician and political prisoner, to two years and six months in a general-security penal colony. Judge Aliaksandr Mokharau found him guilty of publicly insulting a prosecutor (Article 369 of the Criminal Code).
07.04.2021 Stop persecution of human rights activists Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorskaya and Enira Branitskaya
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
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