News for January 2023

Trial against Viasna leadership: Day 2

06.01.2023 Trial against Viasna leadership: Day 2

The court proceeds with questioning independent journalists.

Rights defenders demand the release independent trade union leaders

06.01.2023 Rights defenders demand the release independent trade union leaders

Trade union leaders were sentenced in political retaliation for their peaceful actions to protect the Belarusian workers.

Criminal prosecution in 2022: 1,242 persons convicted on political grounds

06.01.2023 Criminal prosecution in 2022: 1,242 persons convicted on political grounds

Belarusian judicial system has been actively criminalizing citizens for political reasons in 2022.

Trial against Viasna leadership: Day 1

05.01.2023 Trial against Viasna leadership: Day 1

Human rights defenders demand the trial in the Belarusian language and plead not guilty.

Viasna members go on trial

05.01.2023 Viasna members go on trial

Among them Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialitski

04.01.2023 #WeStandBYyou: Members of Parliament from Germany, Norway and Poland take on a godparenthood for politica prisoners

Libereco solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou continues.

Human Rights Situation in Belarus: December 2022

04.01.2023 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: December 2022

"The whole of Belarus is here in prison now". The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski. The medal and diploma were received by his wife Natallia Pinchuk, who also gave a Nobel lecture.

In December, 55 people criminally convicted in political cases

03.01.2023 In December, 55 people criminally convicted in political cases

All of them received custodial and freedom-restricting sentences.

"The whole floor was covered in my blood." Former detainee speaks of torture

02.01.2023 "The whole floor was covered in my blood." Former detainee speaks of torture

A Minsk resident told Viasna about the two-hour torture and beatings by the officers of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption, the nurse's response to his broken finger, and the detention conditions in TDC in July this year.

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