News for June 2024

The UN Committee against Torture will provide the results of a confidential investigation into Belarus

28.06.2024 The UN Committee against Torture will provide the results of a confidential investigation into Belarus

One of the initiators of this investigation was Viasna Human Rights Center in September 2020. 

Violation of children's rights through ideology, patriotism, and educational policy: opinion of human rights defenders and analysts

28.06.2024 Violation of children's rights through ideology, patriotism, and educational policy: opinion of human rights defenders and analysts

On June 27, the violations of the rights of Belarusian and Ukrainian children in Belarus were discussed at the information center of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.

Belarus hits new low: Five years at the bottom of torture prohibition index in post-Soviet states

27.06.2024 Belarus hits new low: Five years at the bottom of torture prohibition index in post-Soviet states

The Working Group on the Fight Torture of the Civic Solidarity Platform has released the annual results of measuring the Prohibition of Torture Index in these countries. For the fifth consecutive year, Belarus occupies the lowest ranking position on the list.

"He put a plastic bag over my head and started suffocating me." On the International Day against Torture, we speak about torture in Belarus

26.06.2024 "He put a plastic bag over my head and started suffocating me." On the International Day against Torture, we speak about torture in Belarus

Together with the Torture Documentation Department and DIGNITY - Danish Institute against Torture, we talk about examples of torture.

The "cage" in women's penal colonies. What is it, what norms does it violate?

25.06.2024 The "cage" in women's penal colonies. What is it, what norms does it violate?

Viasna writes about what it is and what national and international norms such treatment of prisoners violates.

Statement on recognition of Andrzej Yukhnevich as a political prisoner

25.06.2024 Statement on recognition of Andrzej Yukhnevich as a political prisoner

Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community.

We demand the rehabilitation of 22 former political prisoners

25.06.2024 We demand the rehabilitation of 22 former political prisoners

Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community

Stage play, quiz, "prison experiment": events of the Week against Torture, June 24–30

24.06.2024 Stage play, quiz, "prison experiment": events of the Week against Torture, June 24–30

June 26 is the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.

The statement on the recognition of 17 people as political prisoners

21.06.2024 The statement on the recognition of 17 people as political prisoners

Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community

Franak Viachorka was sentenced in absentia to 20 years of imprisonment

20.06.2024 Franak Viachorka was sentenced in absentia to 20 years of imprisonment

The verdict was handed down by judge Valiantsina Ziankevich.

We demand to overturn the verdict against Leanid Sudalenka, to stop court arbitrariness and persecution of human rights defenders

20.06.2024 We demand to overturn the verdict against Leanid Sudalenka, to stop court arbitrariness and persecution of human rights defenders

Statement of the Viasna Human Rights Center

The statement on the recognition of 15 people as political prisoners

20.06.2024 The statement on the recognition of 15 people as political prisoners

Joint statement of the human rights coalition

Three MPs from Finland, Germany and Italy take on godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus

19.06.2024 Three MPs from Finland, Germany and Italy take on godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus

As part of solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou, Oras Tynkkynen (Vihreä liitto, Suomen eduskunta, Finland), Pina Picierno (Partito Democratico, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, European Parliament, Italy) and Sandra Bubendorfer-Licht (Freie Demokratische Partei, German Bundestag) have taken on a godparenthood for Alesia Liantsevich, Katsiaryna Kalybenka and Anastasiya Lazarenka.

Leanid Sudalenka: "I will stop respecting my legal profession if I give up"

19.06.2024 Leanid Sudalenka: "I will stop respecting my legal profession if I give up"

The human rights defender speaks about his trial in absentia, special proceedings, violation of rights during the trial, and his future plans.

Five years of imprisonment in a high security colony and a huge fine: the verdict of human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka

19.06.2024 Five years of imprisonment in a high security colony and a huge fine: the verdict of human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka

Leanid Sudalenka is one of the first human rights defenders who faced criminal prosecution after the 2020 presidential election.

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