News for February 2022
22.02.2022 Human Rights Commissioner Luise Amtsberg becomes godparent of Uladzimir Matskevich
The member of German Bundestag assures the philosopher and the other over 1000 political prisoners of her continued support
21.02.2022 Seven people added to list of political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
21.02.2022 Man disappeares after applying for referendum monitoring
Resident of Čonki near Homieĺ, Mikalai Sushkou, was missing for two days
21.02.2022 170 parliamentarians from across europe write to heads of belarusian prisons
The MPs call on the prison authorities to stop all violations and abuses of the rights of the prisoners in all Belarusian detention facilities.
21.02.2022 #FreeViasna: Weekly news digest on Viasna’s imprisoned human rights defenders
Latest news about imprisoned Viasna members from February 14 to 20
21.02.2022 KGB reports nine criminal cases brought due to referendum
Authorities report arrests of members of groups planning to “disrupt the referendum on amendments and additions to the Constitution”
19.02.2022 Wave of searches in open penitentiaries
KGB officers arrested, searched, and interrogated convicts and former convicts serving their sentences in open penitentiaries
18.02.2022 Political prisoner Natallia Hersche released from prison
Thanks to Switzerland's diplomatic efforts the woman can finally return to Switzerland
17.02.2022 Political prisoner Ales Kaputski released after 60 days of arrest
The authorities have repeatedly used repeated sentencing against him for the purpose of politically motivated pressure
15.02.2022 Former detainee talks about torture at GUBOPIK office
An ex-prisoner's account of torture, conditions at detention center, and how he was mistakenly released
15.02.2022 HRDs recognized 12 more Belarusians as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
15.02.2022 CEC restricts access to lists of members of precinct commissions "for security purposes"
The CEC believes it will protect precinct commissions’ members from threats
14.02.2022 Viasna resources added to republican list of extremist materials
Earlier, a Telegram channel of Viasna and its pages on social networks were recognized as “extremist”
14.02.2022 #FreeViasna: Weekly news digest on Viasna’s imprisoned human rights defenders
Latest news about imprisoned Viasna members from February 7 to 13
11.02.2022 Nine more persons recognized as political prisoners in Belarus
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
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