News for December 2024
10.12.2024 Parasites in places of imprisonment is a gross violation of international standards of detention
Viasna has collected dozens of testimonies from former prisoners who have been bitten by parasites and explains why this is a gross violation of international standards for the detention of prisoners.
10.12.2024 650 people in Belarus convicted of "inciting other social hatred"
Viasna reports the people persecuted and the reasons for convictions.
10.12.2024 The collection of signatures by presidential candidates is over
October 6 was the final day for candidates to collect signatures in the presidential election race.
10.12.2024 29 more political prisoners pardoned in Belarus
Among the pardoned, there are 15 people with chronic diseases, six people under the age of 25, three senior citizens, and two people with disabilities.
09.12.2024 Human rights situation in Belarus. November 2024
Widespread arbitrary repression against political opponents of the regime and dissidents in Belarus intensified in the run-up to the presidential election announced by the authorities.
09.12.2024 At least 24 people were released in November after serving their sentences, and 63 more were pardoned
What political prisoners served their sentences for and how many of them were imprisoned, Viasna recalls their cases.
09.12.2024 "How can free and fair elections take place in such an environment in Belarus?" OSCE countries issued a statement
Ahead of the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting on December 6, 37 participating states issued a statement on the elections in Belarus.
08.12.2024 Preface by Ales Bialiatski to the book The Death Penalty in Belarus
The book The Death Penalty in Belarus was prepared in the framework of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus”.
07.12.2024 Malaysian man believed at risk of execution: Pannir Selvam Pranthaman
Amnesty International calls on the government of Singapore to commute his death sentence.
06.12.2024 Exhibition of political prisoners' drawings to open in Warsaw on Human Rights Day
On International Human Rights Day, December 10, Viasna invites you to the opening of the exhibition Feelings presenting a collection of artworks created by Belarusian political prisoners in places of imprisonment.
06.12.2024 Belarusian political prisoners in high-security prisons: pressure intensifies
Viasna reports how the administration of the colonies punishes political prisoners and which of the political prisoners are recognized as "malicious violators of the order."
05.12.2024 At least 11 political prisoners with disabilities remain behind bars in Belarus
For these people, detention is more often experienced as torture compared to others.
05.12.2024 "Tourism under the guise of election observation." The head of the CIS observer mission will be the same one who recognized the election results in 2020
Viasna human rights activist Pavel Sapelka comments on the appointment.
04.12.2024 "The conveyor belt of undisguised censorship." What materials are recognized as "extremist" in Belarus
The Viasna legal service describes the details.
03.12.2024 "The existence of the death penalty is always a litmus test of the human rights situation"
A conversation with the coordinator of the campaign Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus Andrei Paluda.
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