News on the topic: criminal prosecution
06.10.2023 Senior citizen with cancer sentenced to prison for comments
The verdict was announced by judge Pavel Kartsinin.
06.10.2023 Digest of the released: 52 political prisoners were released in September, 45 of them after the expiration of the term
Viasna recounts their cases and terms in the monthly digest.
06.10.2023 Statement of human rights defenders on recognition of six new political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
05.10.2023 Criminal case was opened against the participants of the live broadcast of a solidarity action
Investigators have opened a criminal case for financing extremist activities.
05.10.2023 Front Line Defenders condemns the decision of the Supreme Court of Belarus to uphold Nasta Loika’s 7 year prison sentence
The organisation expresses its grave concern at the systemic mistreatment and rights violations of the woman human rights defender throughout her detention.
05.10.2023 The Prosecutor General's Office has opened criminal cases against the BNR Rada
Criminal cases were initiated against the leaders and members of the BNR Rada.
03.10.2023 #FreeViasna: review of news on imprisoned Viasna human rights defenders
We collected news on Viasna team members who are behind bars.
29.09.2023 Repression without rules: more than 15 people from the sports field are behind bars
September 30 is the Day of Sports Solidarity.
29.09.2023 Former SOBR member Yuryi Harauski acquitted in the case of disappearance of opposition politicians
The prosecutor asked for three years of imprisonment for him, but the court decided to acquit him.
27.09.2023 Statement on the recognition of 11 new political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
26.09.2023 What happened to political prisoners on September 19-26
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
21.09.2023 "He was just a soldier who was following orders." Trial of Belarusian ex-special forces fighter continues in Switzerland
In his last word, the former special forces fighter once again asked for forgiveness from the relatives of the murdered politicians.
20.09.2023 "Paulichenka came up and shot both of them in the back." In Switzerland, there began a trial of an ex-special forces officer in the case of the missing opponents of Lukashenka
On September 19, Switzerland began to try ex-fighter of the Belarusian special quick reaction unit (SOBR) Yuryi Harauski, who in 2019 publicly declared his involvement in the abduction of opposition politicians.
19.09.2023 Ex-manager of MTS mobile operator and musician Aliaksei Kuzmin was sentenced to 7 years in a penal colony
Despite the fact that in July the political prisoner gave a "repentant interview" to propagandists, he was convicted under two articles of the Criminal Code.
19.09.2023 Siarhei Hardzievich, a former political prisoner and journalist from Drahichyn, was detained at the border
The detention took place on September 14 at the Brest checkpoint.
