News for December 2021
03.12.2021 8 names added to the list of political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
03.12.2021 German and Swiss MPs adopt political prisoners Hanna Ilyina, Katsiaryna Tkachenka and Siarhei Shelest
As part of Libereco’s solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou, Ricarda Lang, François Pointet and Jan-Niclas Gesenhues took on a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
03.12.2021 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: November 2021
Viasna member and head of the Center for Strategic Litigation Leanid Sudalenka and Viasna volunteer Tatsiana Lasitsa were sentenced to three years and two years and six months in prison, respectively.
03.12.2021 The political prisoner Volha Zalatar sentenced to 4 years in prison
On December 3, the verdict against the political prisoner and mother of five children Volha Zalatar was announced in the Minsk City Court.
03.12.2021 A disabled man from Hrodna sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for honking
A man from Hrodna sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for honking to greet the protesters.
02.12.2021 Woman with claustrophobia from Homieĺ sent to prison for 2 years
Today, the Centraĺny District Court of Homieĺ announced the verdict in a criminal case against the 49-year-old Larysa Kuzmenka suffering from claustrophobia.
02.12.2021 Belarus: Drop myriad charges against human rights defender Marfa Rabkova
“Marfa Rabkova’s case epitomizes the horrors currently faced by human rights defenders and the wider civil society in Belarus."
02.12.2021 Žlobin political prisoner Ihar Povarau is tortured with cold
Žlobin political prisoner Ihar Povarau is being tortured in prison in Navapolack.
01.12.2021 German MPs adopt political prisoners David Zbaranski, Andrei Liubetski and Uladzislau Karetski
As part of Libereco’s solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou, Wiebke Esdar (German Bundestag, Social Democratic Party), Armin Grau (German Bundestag, Alliance 90/The Greens) and Chantal Kopf (German Bundestag, Alliance 90/The Greens) have taken on a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
01.12.2021 At least 143 people convicted in the protest-related criminal trials in November
This review dwells on the main trends in the court hearings of protest-related criminal cases documented by the Human Rights Center “Viasna” in November.
01.12.2021 Police search homes of Viasna activists across the country
According to the human rights defenders, searches have been conducted in the homes of at least 10 people.
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