News for August 2024
12.08.2024 Beatings, threats, inhuman conditions: what tortures Belarusians most often tell about. Statistics
The repression of Belarusian men and women who oppose the Lukashenka regime continues for the fourth year in a row.
09.08.2024 Infographics: Four years of mass repression
In the four years since the start of the 2020 election campaign, repression in Belarus has not stopped; on the contrary, the situation has critically worsened.
08.08.2024 Special proceedings in Belarus explained
Belarus introduced the institution of "special proceedings," a new tool of repression against opponents of Lukashenka's regime and civil activists who fled the country.
08.08.2024 Human rights situation in Belarus. July 2024
In Belarus, the level of repression against political opponents of the regime and dissidents remains a significant concern.
07.08.2024 Political prisoner list in Belarus expanded by 10 names
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
06.08.2024 HRDs to present alternative report on racial discrimination in Belarus
The document highlights issues related to racial discrimination that have emerged due to government policies since 2020.
05.08.2024 Legal trouble abroad: Can Belarusian embassies take your passport?
Many Belarusian immigrants wonder if it is safe to visit embassies if they are facing criminal persecution in their country. Can embassy officials seize their passports?
05.08.2024 Expert psychologist Volha Vialichka sentenced in absentia to 9 years’ imprisonment
Hrodna Regional Court handed down a sentence to Volha Vialichka, an expert in the field of psychology and former director of the Children's Hospice in Hrodna.
05.08.2024 Journalists from Mahiliou sentenced to imprisonment
Mahiliou Regional Court handed down a verdict on former journalists Ales Sabaleuski and Yauhen Hlushkou for participating in an extremist and military formations
05.08.2024 Rico Krieger returns to Germany after Belarusian death sentence
Rico Krieger returned to Germany as part of the prisoner exchange, held between the United States, Russia, Germany and Belarus.
01.08.2024 At least 43 political prisoners released in July, 18 of them amnestied and pardoned
What political prisoners served their sentences for and how many of them were held in places of captivity, Viasna recalls their cases.
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