News for May 2024
31.05.2024 77 people were convicted for donations. How are they persecuted in Belarus for solidarity, and how to avoid persecution for it
Viasna reports how people in Belarus are persecuted for showing solidarity and reminds what to do if you are called for a "conversation" because of your donations.
31.05.2024 The trial of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's analysts case begins
According to the case materials, all the defendants are accused of committing crimes of an extremist nature in connection with Aliaksandr Lukashenka's campaign for the elections.
30.05.2024 Death sentences and executions in 2023
Amnesty International’s monitoring of the global use of the death penalty recorded 1,153 known executions in 2023.
30.05.2024 At least 5,133 convicted in criminal cases: four years of persecution in numbers
Today, Viasna reports the numbers reflecting the four years of unprecedented brutal mass persecution in the country.
29.05.2024 Four years since the day of mass detentions in Hrodna: what happened to the defendants in the Tsikhanouski case
Those events on a square in Hrodna on May 29, 2020, can be called the beginning of mass persecution in Belarus, which continue to this time.
29.05.2024 The statement on the recognition of 9 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
28.05.2024 Forced labor in Belarus in the light of global assessments
Together with Viasna human rights activist Aleh Matskevich, we continue to talk about forced labor in Belarus in the context of international standards.
27.05.2024 "Return to the here and now": how Belarusians who suffered from persecution cope with mental problems
Viasna continues to publish stories where victims of political repression give advice and speak about the things that helped them cope with mental disorders.
27.05.2024 The statement on the recognition of 6 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
27.05.2024 Crackdown on human rights lawyers
Harassment and prosecutions; total state control over legal profession
24.05.2024 Alena Masliukova: "I've worked as a human rights defender and I will continue my work”
On May 23, the Svietlahorsk District Department of the Investigative Committee initiated special proceedings against Viasna human rights defender Alena Masliukova.
24.05.2024 Franak Viachorka will be tried in absentia on May 31
He is charged under nine articles of the Criminal Code, including conspiracy to seize power and treason against the state.
24.05.2024 The statement on the recognition of 11 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
24.05.2024 Ukrainians, Poles, Russians: which foreign citizens are in Belarusian prisons for political reasons
Viasna reports which foreign citizens are being persecuted in Belarus for political reasons.
23.05.2024 Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners of Belarus: demonstrations held all over the world
Viasna reports how Belarusians expressed solidarity with those who are now behind bars and with those who will not return from there.
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