10.10.2024 October 10 is World Day against the Death Penalty
Belarus remains the only country in Europe where the death penalty exists.
10.10.2024 The statement on the recognition of 9 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
09.10.2024 New arguments in favor of abolishing the death penalty: threats and benefits for the Lukashenka regime
Today, Viasna human rights activist Aleh Matskevich is looking for new arguments in favor of the abolition of the death penalty.
09.10.2024 New godparents for political prisoners in Belarus from England and Germany
As part of #WeStandBYyou campaign, Lord Simon Russell (House of Lords, Independent, England), Kevin Kühnert (Social Democratic Party of Germany) and Lord Leslie Griffiths (House of Lords, Labour Party, England) are taking on a godparenthood for Alena and Siarhei Maushuk, Volha Brytsikava and Mikhail Lapunou.
08.10.2024 The Investigative Committee has initiated a criminal case against Platform 2025
The agency claims to have identified "22 more persons who joined the activities of Tsikhanouskaya and her supporters to seize state power in Belarus in an unconstitutional way."
08.10.2024 "People are forced to leave the country." What did a Viasna human rights defender say at the OSCE conference
OSCE Human Dimension Conference is taking place in Warsaw (September 30 – October 11, 2024). A Viasna human rights defender also spoke there. He spoke about Human Rights Center Viasna documenting politically motivated persecution and its constant escalation.
08.10.2024 Human rights situation in Belarus. September 2024
The prevailing climate of politically motivated repression has a significant impact on the human rights and fundamental freedoms situation in Belarus.
07.10.2024 Yury Ziankovich sentenced to additional 2 years of imprisonment. He is currently in the KGB pre-trial detention center
Viasna has collected all known information about the persecution of the political prisoner as well as about his health.
07.10.2024 "Welcome to the Motherland." At least 66 people convicted in political criminal cases after returning from abroad
Of these people, at least 36 are currently behind bars.
07.10.2024 Up to 25 years in a penal colony: 12 defendants sentenced in the Mačuliščy case
Mikalai Shvets, who was released in June on an exchange with Ukraine, was sentenced in absentia to 25 years in a penal colony.
07.10.2024 Political prisoner Siarhei Ramanau was sentenced to two more years of imprisonment
The total term of imprisonment of the political prisoner is 22 years and 11 months.
04.10.2024 At least 24 people released in September after serving their sentences, 67 after being pardoned
What political prisoners served their sentences for and how many of them were imprisoned; Viasna recalls their cases.
04.10.2024 Belarus faces two complaints before the ICC
On Monday, September 30, Lithuania submitted a referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing Belarus for crimes against opponents allegedly committed on the territory of a State Party.
04.10.2024 Ruslan Akostka: "What is happening in the Belarusian penal colonies is torture"
Ruslan told Viasna about the conditions of detention in the Horki colony and a meeting with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski.
03.10.2024 We demand the rehabilitation of 13 former political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
