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• Pavel Sapelka: "Among 1,300 political prisoners, all candidates for this position from the previous elections are held incommunicado"
• Inmate ill-treatment and possible enforced disappearances in Belarus ongoing concerns, say UN experts
• The statement on the recognition of nine people as political prisoners
• The European Parliament: "Elections held in a climate of fear and repression cannot be considered fair"
• Statement on the launch of an expert mission to observe the presidential elections* in Belarus on January 26, 2025
• Former political prisoner Dzmitry Kaneuski: "I felt pressure against me in the penal colony on a daily basis"
• "Prison is outside, not inside": artworks from behind the bars (photo)
• At least 12 Ukrainian citizens held in Belarusian prisons for political reasons
• At least 360 people detained in Belarus from July to September
• Ukrainians convicted of a "sabotage for the Security Service of Ukraine": father and son sentenced to 20 years in a penal colony
• Four Scottish MPs take on a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus
• "One girl fainted after an injection right in the hallway": what is happening at Akrescina?
• Journalist Ihar Ilyash detained (updated)
• Viasna: We demand to stop the criminal prosecution of human rights defender Alena Masliukova
• The statement on the recognition of eight people as political prisoners
• Father's Day in Belarus: five stories about political prisoners who are fathers of many children
• "They began to threaten me with a new criminal case": Aliaksei Ramanau speaks about the persecution after the penal colony
• The statement on the recognition of four people as political prisoners
• In September, at least 170 people were convicted in criminal political cases
• The former host of the show X Zone shares his thoughts on the prison and the decision to leave the country