News for October 2023
18.10.2023 Statement of the human rights community on the recognition of 14 new political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
17.10.2023 How and why are priests being persecuted in Belarus?
Viasna reports the situation with the political persecution of religious figures.
17.10.2023 The prosecutor requested the death penalty for a man accused of murder
The prosecutor requested the death penalty for Aliaksandr Taratuta, who is accused of murdering a 3-year-old child
16.10.2023 "There are no rules: they will do what they want." A former political prisoner spoke about the detention conditions in a punitive confinement cell where Vitold Ashurak died
The former political prisoner told Viasna about the conditions of detention in a punitive confinement cell in the Šklou colony, where he was kept alone for three weeks.
16.10.2023 The UN registered the appeal of ex-political prisoner Leanid Sudalenka in the Viasna case
On October 12, 2023, the UN Human Rights Committee registered an individual appeal of human rights defender and former political prisoner Leanid Sudalenka in the criminal case of Viasna.
13.10.2023 Human rights defender Nasta Loika has been added to the "list of terrorists"
The State Security Committee has updated the list of "persons involved in terrorist activities", and the names of seven more people have appeared there.
12.10.2023 "You haven't had your balls crushed, have you? We'll come to the police station, and you'll find out what it is." A story of a former political prisoner
Aliaksei told Viasna about being tortured during detention: his ear was torn and an officer forced him to drink from the toilet bowl after the former prisoner asked for water.
11.10.2023 "Why can't it be done in Belarus when it's possible in other places?" OSCE conference addressed the issue of freeing political prisoners in Belarus
On October 10, the Viasna Human Rights Center arranged a side event within OSCE Human Dimension Conference to discuss the current situation of political prisoners in Belarus and their potential release.
11.10.2023 What happened to political prisoners between September 26 and October 10
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
10.10.2023 Statement of the human rights community on the recognition of 9 new political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
10.10.2023 Political prisoner activist Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk was sentenced to another year in prison
On October 9, judge Stanislau Ivaniutsenka found the woman guilty of "malicious disobedience to the administration of the colony" (Part 2 of Article 411 of the Criminal Code).
10.10.2023 Tattoo with the Chase, passport cover, photo of a T-shirt with red-white-red symbols: what Belarusians were tried for in September
Viasna Observes has compiled a monthly list of the strangest and most ridiculous reasons why Belarusians were tried in September.
10.10.2023 "I've always been against it." The leader of the band Mashina Vremeni joined the campaign Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus
Today, October 10, the World Day against the Death Penalty is marked.
09.10.2023 "We must look for ways to free our colleagues." Persecution of human rights defenders in Belarus discussed at OSCE conference
The annual OSCE Conference on the Human Dimension, Europe's largest conference on human rights and democracy, is being held in Warsaw from October 2 to 13.
09.10.2023 Right Livelihood made a statement on civil society erasure in Belarus
Right Livelihood delivered a statement about reprisals against human rights defenders in Belarus at the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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