News on the topic: criminal prosecution
06.03.2023 Tsikhanouskaya and Latushka sentenced to long prison terms in absentia
The verdict of Judge Piotr Arlou is 15 years of imprisonment for Tsikhanouskaya, 18 years for Latushka, and 12 years for Kavalkova, Maroz, and Dyleuski.
03.03.2023 Viasna leadership receives from 7 to 10 years in jail
The sentences imposed are two years less than those requested by the prosecutor.
02.03.2023 "When the prosecutor demanded 12 years of imprisonment, Ales’s face remained calm". Portrayal of Ales Bialiatski in court
On 3 March, at 12 pm the Leninsky District Court of the city of Minsk passed judgement on Viasna’s human rights defenders. One of the court attendants - who would like to remain anonymous - has agreed to share their observations. Here’s the portrayal of Ales Bialiatski.
01.03.2023 Rabkova and Chapiuk sentences commuted after appeal
The verdict came into force and the political prisoners will soon be transported to the colonies.
28.02.2023 Statement of Belarusian human rights defenders on recognition of nine new political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
24.02.2023 Statement on recognition of 13 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
23.02.2023 Support the human rights defenders of Viasna when they receive their sentences
On March 3 at 12.00 in the Leninsky District Court of Minsk, the verdict of Viasna human rights defenders will be announced. We call on you to support the human rights defenders and express your solidarity with them in all possible ways on this day.
22.02.2023 Sports in custody: how the right turned into a method of pressure
People behind bars are not just deprived of the right to physical activity — it becomes another method of pressure from the authorities, when impossible conditions are created for any, even minimal exercise.
21.02.2023 PEN International calls to take action for Nobel Laureate Ales Bialiatski on International Mother Language Day
To mark the anniversary, PEN International call to support Belarusian writer, human rights defender, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and PEN Belarus member Ales Bialiatski.
21.02.2023 "We do not serve the occupiers." The manager of an auto parts store, who refused to sell the goods to the Russian military, convicted
On February 16, the Baranavičy City and District Court announced its verdict to a 65-year-old manager of an auto parts store, Viktar Makarenka
17.02.2023 Rabochy rukh group members receive 11 to 15 year in jail for high treason and creating extremist group
Political prisoners have been in custody for 17 months.
16.02.2023 Fifteen people recognized political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
15.02.2023 What Bialiatski, Stefanovic, and Labkovich said in their last word in court: full translation of their speeches
On February 13, human rights defenders gave their last words thus bringing to a finish the court hearings.
13.02.2023 Ales Bialiatski: “Enough is enough, we must stop this civil war” Viasna leadership delivered their last words at court
The trial in the criminal case against Viasna is over.
10.02.2023 Two “railway guerillas” receive 22 years of jail, and another released under an amnesty
On February 10, the Mahilioŭ Regional Court passed a verdict to three “rail guerillas” from Babrujsk: Dzmitryi Klimau, Uladzimir Auramtsau, and Yauhen Minkevich.
