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• Dzmitry Shlethauer, a 22-year-old political prisoner, died in Mahilioŭ penal colony No. 15
• Twelve human rights organizations have called on states to support an appeal requesting an investigation into the crimes of the Lukashenko regime
• The first sentence in Belarus for "denying the genocide of the Belarusian people"
• The situation on the eve of the elections*2025. The first report of the "Human rights defenders for free elections" campaign (document)
• How and why are priests being persecuted in Belarus? (updated)
• "Four years have passed, but I can't forget that march to this day": the story of a Minsk driver
• 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
• At least 13 Ukrainian citizens held in Belarusian prisons for political reasons (updated)
• Deterioration of legal profession in Belarus: facts, reasons, assessments
• Pavel Sapelka: "Among 1,300 political prisoners, all candidates for this position from the previous elections are held incommunicado"
• 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 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)