News for August 2021
16.08.2021 Release political prisoner Ihar Liashchenia!
Joint statement of Belarusian human rights organizations
16.08.2021 Political prisoner Stsiapan Latypau sentenced to heavy term in mock trial
The Saviecki District Court of Minsk sentenced Latypau to eight and a half years in prison and a fine of 8,700 rubles.
13.08.2021 Aliaksei Kudzin and Andrei Sakalouski are political prisoners
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
12.08.2021 3 to 4 1/2 years in prison: Six political prisoners convicted in another trial over Brest “riots”
The Lieninski District Court of Brest announced today its verdict in the third trial of protesters accused of “rioting” during the post-election events of August 9-10, 2020.
11.08.2021 Human rights defenders demand retrials and release of three new political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
11.08.2021 Runaway MMA fighter sentenced to prison term over “violent resistance” to police
Earlier, Aliaksei Kudzin was extradited from Russia despite Strasbourg Court decision.
11.08.2021 Artsiom Bayarski, Dzmitry Hopta and Vitaliya Bandarenka 'adopted' by European MPs
As part of Libereco’s #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Cathal Berry (Dáil Éireann, Independent, Ireland), Charlie Flanagan (Dáil Éireann, Fine Gael, Ireland) and Gabriele Bischoff (European Parliament, SPD, Germany) are taking over godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
10.08.2021 10 more protesters recognized as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
10.08.2021 Human rights organizations call to release 7 persons convicted in defamation trials
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
09.08.2021 One year after presidential elections: Tens of thousands detained, thousands tortured and hundreds injured
Despite the shocking numbers, detentions of our fellow activists and the ongoing attacks on the country’s civil society, Viasna will continue to help Belarusians defend their rights.
09.08.2021 No justice in sight for scores of human rights violations survivors one year on from disputed election
Amnesty International has released a public statement addressing the ongoing crackdown on the dissent in Belarus.
06.08.2021 Release political prisoners Tatsiana Vadalazhskaya and Uladzimir Matskevich!
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
06.08.2021 Two more political prisoners jailed over post-election rally in Žlobin
Political prisoners Mikalai Isayenka and Piotr Kanstantsinau were sentenced today by the Žlobin District Court to 18 and 24 months in prison on charges of “organizing or active participation in group actions that gravely breach public order” (Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code).
06.08.2021 Viasna’s Andrei Paluda leaves Belarus, describes detention conditions as inhuman
Andrei Paluda, human rights defender of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" and coordinator of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus”, has left Belarus after detention and imminent criminal charges.
06.08.2021 Three years in prison: Man repeatedly convicted of insulting Lukashenka
The Zavodski District Court considered a criminal case against Andrei Asaula, who was charged under three articles of the Criminal Code: Part 2 of Art. 368 (“insulting the president”), Art. 364 (“violence or threat of violence against a police officer”) and Art. 369 (“insulting a representative of the authorities”).
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