News on the topic: criminal prosecution
20.09.2024 "I'm probably just going to die here": The situation of political prisoners from vulnerable groups
Human rights activists have identified at least 254 political prisoners who are at particular risk of mistreatment while incarcerated.
19.09.2024 37 more political prisoners pardoned in Belarus. Who are they?
Among them are six women, as well as senior citizens and people with chronic diseases and disabilities.
19.09.2024 The statement on the recognition of 7 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
16.09.2024 The statement on the recognition of 22 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
16.09.2024 New criminal case initiated against political prisoner Mikola Dziadok
Political prisoner Mikola Dziadok, sentenced to five years in a penal colony, was supposed to be released on April 25, 2025.
11.09.2024 Will the pardoned political prisoners be granted expungement?
Former political prisoner and Viasna human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka speaks about the specifics of pardoning and figures out whether the pardoned people will be excluded from the lists of "extremists and terrorists" and how the Interior Ministry can monitor their "law-abiding behavior."
10.09.2024 "I knew that sooner or later they would come for me": a confession of a former political prisoner
Mikalai speaks about his participation in the events of 2020 and about the persecution he experienced from the time of his detention to the moment of his release.
06.09.2024 We demand the rehabilitation of 19 former political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
06.09.2024 "It violates human rights." What is known about the case of a detained Japanese in Belarus
Immediately after the news were released on the state BT channel, Tokyo protested in the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.
04.09.2024 Statement on the recognition of five people as political prisoners
Joint statement of representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
03.09.2024 Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Popular Front Vadzim Saranchukou sentenced in absentia
Activist and deputy chairman of the BPF Vadzim Saranchukou was sentenced in absentia to four years in a penal colony.
03.09.2024 Political prisoner previously convicted for liking the post is retried. He now faces up to 15 years in prison.
On September 2, the Brest Regional Court began a new trial of Yauhen Kladau, a 41-year-old political prisoner, who was sentenced in November 2023 to one year's imprisonment for "insulting Lukashenka".
30.08.2024 Statement on the recognition of five people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
29.08.2024 Political prisoner list in Belarus expanded by six names
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
29.08.2024 Viasna appealed to the UN Working Group on the political prisoner sentenced to imprisonment for solidarity
Viasna sent a complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention against 64-year-old political prisoner Iryna Takarchuk, who was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.
