News for July 2022
19.07.2022 Political prisoner Vital Zhylinski sentenced to three years in jail
He was convicted of participating in actions violating public order and inciting hatred
18.07.2022 Valiantsin Stefanovich re-nominated for the post of FIDH Vice-President
Viasna lawyer Pavel Sapelka attended a meeting of FIDH International Bureau, where he presented Viasna's reports and met with Deputy-Mayor Jean-Luc Romero-Michel
18.07.2022 Yuliya Laptanovich, mother of three, gets five years in jail
Political prisoner found guilty under six articles of the Criminal Code
18.07.2022 ‘Terrorist’ from Mazyr sentenced to eight years in a medium-security penal colony
The Hrodna Regional Court pronounced a verdict against Yauhen Zbarouski, who was put on the ‘list of terrorists’ at the end of June 2022.
18.07.2022 A photo with drummers at a protest led to three years under house arrest
Anastasiya Sankouskaya who was first sentenced to administrative imprisonment for taking part in protest, found guilty in a criminal case
18.07.2022 What happened to political prisoners last week, July 11 to 15
Political prisoners list updated with 26 names, at least six political prisoners convicted, and other news
15.07.2022 Student gets six years in jail for creating a button for website
On July 12 Brest Regional Court pronounced the verdict on 23-year-old political prisoner Kanstantsin Rudnitski
15.07.2022 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: June 2022
Torture and prohibited treatment continue to be used against those arrested and in politically motivated criminal cases
14.07.2022 Journalist convicted for taking pics of military aircraft
Political prisoner Yuryi Hantsarevich found guilty of promoting extremist activity
14.07.2022 FIDH: immediately release Viasna members and all those arbitrarily detained
A year after the arbitrary arrest of the president and vice president of the Human Rights Center Viasna, no justice is in sight
14.07.2022 Dashkevich family convicted
The sentence is a body blow to Zmitser and Nasta and sparks a public outcry
13.07.2022 Sixteen people prosecuted under notorious Article 342 are recognized as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
13.07.2022 Journalist Katsiaryna Andreyeva sentenced to eight years in prison for high treason
She was supposed to be released on September 5, however new charges under a serious article were brought against her in April
12.07.2022 “If he didn't like the answer, he hit me with a stick”: Ex-detainee recounts her experience of torture by police
Hanna Morskaya spent 63 days behind bars in inhuman conditions
12.07.2022 HRDs call to decriminalize defamation offenses as 10 more people considered political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
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