News on the topic: freedom of expression
19.06.2023 Statement on recognition of eight people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
17.03.2023 TUT.BY leadership gets 12 years in jail
Maryna Zolatava and Liudmila Chekina were convicted in a closed trial.
30.12.2022 Vital Melnik, Aliaksandr Zhukau, and Ihar Kunhurtsau recognized as political prisoners
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
21.09.2022 Ivan Murauyou and Yauhen Merkis recognized as political prisoners
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
14.02.2022 Viasna resources added to republican list of extremist materials
Earlier, a Telegram channel of Viasna and its pages on social networks were recognized as “extremist”
30.12.2021 “Viasna” telegram channel and social networks recognized as “extremist”
On December 30, 2021, the court of the Čychunačny District Court of Homieĺ recognized the content of “Viasna” telegram channel and social networks as “extremist materials”.
18.11.2021 Human rights defenders call to release 5 persons held on "extremism" and "hooliganism" charges
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
16.11.2021 7 new names on list of political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
19.10.2021 Prison conditions for people arrested for commenting on killed KGB officer amount to torture
Most people detained last month for commenting on the Zeltser case are being held in inhumane conditions, according to their families.
12.10.2021 Siarhei Krupenich and Anastasiya Krupenich-Kandratsiyeva are political prisoners
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
24.09.2021 14 new political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
20.07.2021 Detained journalists of Belsat TV and RFE/RL, Tatiana Kouzina and Valeryia Kastsiuhova are new political prisoners
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
18.05.2021 Amnesty International: Blocking leading online media outlet is a brazen attack on freedom of expression
The blocking of the TUT.by website is a full-scale assault on the right to freedom of expression and media freedom in Belarus, and leaves a gaping wound in the country’s access to independent sources of information.
02.04.2021 Dissent is not a crime! We demand the immediate release of political prisoner Volha Zalatar
Joint statement of Belarusian human rights organizations
01.04.2021 Brest court orders “khimiya” terms over Lukashenka’s effigy
Judge Inna Klyshpach of the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest ruled today to sentence two women and a man to various terms of restricted freedom, finding them guilty under Part 2 of Article 339 of the Criminal Code, hooliganism committed by a group of persons.
