News for 13 Jan 2023
13.01.2023 Testimonies by Secret Witnesses and Interrogation of Customs Officers: Fourth and Fifth Court Sessions in Viasna Case
On January 11 and 12, the trial of the Viasna case continued in the Lieninsky District Court of Minsk. The defendants Ales Bialiatski, the chairman of the Viasna Human Rights Center and a Nobel laureate, his deputy Valiantsin Stefanovic, and the coordinator of the Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections campaign Uladzimir Labkovich are being tried according to Part 4 of Art. 228 (‘Smuggling by an organized group’) and Part 2 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code (‘Financing of group actions that grossly violate public order’). The human rights defender Zmitser Salauyou, who had to leave Belarus due to criminal prosecution, is also being tried in absentia. The infamous Judge Maryna Zapasnik is considering the case, and Prosecutor Aliaksandr Karol supports the state prosecution. We will tell you what happened at the fourth and fifth court sessions in the high-profile case against the human rights defenders of Viasna.
13.01.2023 Out of jail! In December, 31 political prisoners were released
Twenty-four people fully served their jail time and another seven received non-custodial sentences.
13.01.2023 Both persecuted artist Ales Pushkin: what is known about prosecutor and judge in Viasna case
Zapasnik’s gavel has decided the fate of many well-known public figures, activists, and protesters. Karol has eyewitnessed political prisoners cutting their veins and stomach in the courtroom during ‘political’ trials. This is what is known to Viasna about the prosecutor and the judge in the Viasna case.
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