News for August 2024
21.08.2024 Political prisoner Aliaksandr Frantskevich was sentenced to another year of imprisonment
He was charged under Part 2 of Article 411 of the Criminal Code (malicious disobedience to the administration of the colony).
21.08.2024 Three new godparents from Germany for political prisoners in Belarus
As part of #WeStandBYyou campaign, Peter Heidt (Freie Demokraten), Luiza Licina-Bode (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) and Bruno Hönel (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) have taken on a godparenthood of Aliaksei Barodka, Siarhei Shametska and Cheslau Kananovich.
21.08.2024 Journalist and human rights activist Uladzimir Khilmanovich sentenced in absentia
In case of non-payment of the fine, his apartment in Hrodna and his village house will be confiscated.
20.08.2024 In July, at least 170 people were convicted in political criminal cases
Viasna traditionally reports the specifics of the criminal prosecution last month.
19.08.2024 #FramedinBelarus: Towards Solidarity. Exhibition opens in Norway
On August 24, 2024, at the Kunstbanken Center for Contemporary Art (Hamar, Norway), the Stitchit art collective, together with Amnesty International Norway's Senior Advisor for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Ana Tusvik Bonde, will open exhibition #FramedinBelarus: Towards Solidarity.
19.08.2024 The trial in the Mačuliščy case has begun in Minsk
The case is handled by Valiantsina Ziankevich behind closed doors.
19.08.2024 Viasna volunteer Andrei Chapiuk placed in an isolation cell a day before a meeting with his parents
The reason: "violation of the clothing regulations."
19.08.2024 "Where have you been?" Ex-political prisoner writing poetry for prison guard
"The KGB officers asked if I had contacted Viasna."
16.08.2024 "I allegedly wanted to organize a strike in the industrial zone by the first anniversary of the protests". The story of a former political prisoner
Hleb told Viasna about writing a statement of refusal to work and being accused of preparing a strike for the first anniversary of the elections at the industrial zone in Navapolack colony No. 1.
15.08.2024 The UN Committee recognized violations of the rights of 13 people by the Belarusian state
The complaints were prepared by the victims and their representatives before the denunciation of the Optional Protocol by the Belarusian state entered into force.
14.08.2024 The pressure continues: what happened to political prisoners between July 16 and August 12
For more than four years law enforcement agencies in Belarus have been carrying out mass repressions. Almost every week the number of political prisoners in the country increases.
14.08.2024 We demand the rehabilitation of 22 former political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
13.08.2024 "I still have a scar on my foot from the shoe." How colonies regulate women's appearance
Today in Belarus 1,253 women who are convicted in politically motivated cases. 288 of them were sentenced to imprisonment.
13.08.2024 68-year-old pensioner sentenced to three and a half years in prison for helping political prisoners
On August 8, the Brest Regional Court sentenced political prisoner Natallia Malets under Parts 1 and 2 of Article 361-4.
13.08.2024 "The war between good and evil continues in Belarus". How the Day of Dignity was celebrated in Vilnius
On August 9, the Day of Solidarity with Belarus, a rally was held in Vilnius Cathedral Square, which ended with the March of Dignity through the streets of the Lithuanian capital.
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