News on the topic: political persecution
03.06.2024 At least 28 political prisoners released in May having served their sentences
Viasna recounts their cases and terms in the monthly digest.
30.05.2024 At least 5,133 convicted in criminal cases: four years of persecution in numbers
Today, Viasna reports the numbers reflecting the four years of unprecedented brutal mass persecution in the country.
07.05.2024 At least 47 political prisoners released in April having served their sentences
Viasna recounts their cases and terms in the monthly digest.
19.04.2024 Political prisoner list in Belarus expanded by 11 names
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
05.04.2024 At least 32 political prisoners were released in March having served their term
What political prisoners served their sentences for and how many of them were held in places of captivity, Viasna recalls their cases.
14.02.2024 Russia puts Belarusian human rights defenders on wanted list
Who are these activists and how did they react to this news?
25.01.2024 The Investigative Committee initiated special proceedings against 20 "Tsikhanouskaya analysts"
Special proceedings began on January 24th.
26.10.2023 We demand the immediate and unconditional release of Nasta Loika
Statement of the human rights community of Belarus
19.10.2023 Shot in knees and jailed: what Belarusians risks for their anti-war stance
As of October 18, 2023, at least 1,630 Belarusians were detained for their anti-war position. Of these, 79 persons were convicted in criminal cases for a term of 1 to 23 years.
18.10.2023 Statement of the human rights community on the recognition of 14 new political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
13.10.2023 Human rights defender Nasta Loika has been added to the "list of terrorists"
The State Security Committee has updated the list of "persons involved in terrorist activities", and the names of seven more people have appeared there.
28.09.2023 Navapolatsk: Illia Dvoiryn was convicted for pouring paint over a car with Crimean license plates and the letter Z
Illia Dvoiryn was detained on July 4 along with his son Dzmitryi and daughter-in-law Viktoryia, as well as other relatives.
07.09.2023 37 political prisoners were released in August, 30 of them completing their sentences
At the moment, there are 1,510 political prisoners in Belarus, and their number is increasing weekly.
09.08.2023 “Like a burning peat bog” – Belarus three years after the mass-protests and their brutal crackdown
Libereco and Viasna gathered new data and eyewitness accounts showing the daily state terror Belarusians face.
08.08.2023 “Who will defend us then?” Eight stories of human rights defenders about the crackdown on Viasna
February 16 and July 14, 2021, the authorities cracked down on non-governmental organizations and independent media outlets.
