News for January 2023
31.01.2023 Wiretap recordings, a list of political prisoners, and materials from Viasna website: what's inside Viasna case file
Viasna tells what constitutes the prosecution evidence and what is really targeted in these proceedings.
30.01.2023 Bialiatski: “Criminalizing aid to victims of political repression is immoral and inhumane”
Viasna tells what happened at the trial of the human rights center's leadership last week.
30.01.2023 Belgian, German, and European Parliament members adopt political prisoners
Libereco solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou continues.
26.01.2023 Nine new political prisoners in Belarus
Article 130 of the Criminal Code is selectively and discriminatorily used against dissidents to protect state bodies.
25.01.2023 Ales Bialiatski: Criminal proceedings are politically motivated, and Viasna has operated legally
What happened in court during the 13th hearing.
25.01.2023 Post-referendum protest detainee: “Women in the cell did not know that the war had started”
On 27 February 2022, the referendum day, around a thousand protesters were detained in Belarus. Out interlocutor was one of them.
25.01.2023 Appeal against the sentences of Rabkova and Chapiuk to be heard on February 28
This became known from the letter of the political prisoner Akikhiro Hayeuski-Hanada.
24.01.2023 EP Delegation for relations with Belarus condems sham trials of dissidents
The delegation released a statement on the politically motivated trials of democratic forces and civil society figures in Belarus.
21.01.2023 Human Rights Situation in Belarus in 2022
Analytical review
20.01.2023 EU urges Minsk release all political prisoners including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialatski
The European Union remains gravely concerned with the dire and deteriorating human rights situation in Belarus under the Lukashenka regime.
20.01.2023 Hasty trial against Viasna continues: court reads case files at record speed
On Days 7, 8, and 9, the court examined thousands of pages. Meanwhile, it became known that the court was discouraging witnesses from attending the process.
19.01.2023 Darya Losik receives 24 months in jail for speaking out in husband’s defense
The political prisoner was convicted of “facilitating extremism” for an interview to a banned oppositional media.
19.01.2023 Nine people recognized political prisoners over defamation charges
Belarusian human rights community demands their release and decriminalization of defamation articles of the Criminal Code.
18.01.2023 Viasna trial through the eyes of a spectator: Prosecution evidence is questionable and security measures unprecedented
Spectator at court and human rights activist Alena Masliukova share their impressions of the process.
18.01.2023 Post-referendum protest detainee: “I saw desperation and courage in people who took to the streets that day”
A young man who served three detentions in two years told Viasna how the detention conditions at the temporary detention center and the attitude of the staff changed during this time.
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