News on the topic: criminal prosecution
09.02.2023 Out of jail! In January, 22 political prisoners were released
Seventeen of them served their terms in full, and four people were sentenced to home confinement and released from pretrial detention.
09.02.2023 Sapelka: “Incredibly long prison sentences for honest and brave people are staggering in their inhumanity”
Viasna human rights advocate comments on the enormous sentences requested by the prosecutor to his fellows.
09.02.2023 Prosecution requests 12-year sentence for Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski
Viasna trial reached the closing arguments step.
08.02.2023 In January, 50 people criminally convicted in political cases
Custodial and freedom-restricting sentences were handed down in all politically motivated cases.
07.02.2023 “The case is unprecedented. What is that if not politics?” Human rights defenders interrogated in the Viasna case
Viasna tells what our fellow human rights defenders said in court.
07.02.2023 Ex-presidential candidate, a culturologist, and an entire educator's family: 20 more people recognized as political prisoners
Human rights defenders demand their immediate release from custody.
05.02.2023 At least 58 arrested at border crossings when returning to Belarus
According to the State Border Committee, 52 people were detained on "extremist" charges when entering Belarus last year. But according to Viasna's data, at least 58 Belarusians were arrested after crossing the border in 2022 and 2023.
02.02.2023 All 284 volumes of Viasna case files presented to court
Along with open source data, the materials also contain police surveillance and wiretap data.
02.02.2023 Bialiatski’s defender receives 8 years in jail
The Minsk Municipal Court pronounced the verdict to lawyer Vital Brahinets.
02.02.2023 The Co-Presidency of the Swiss Social Democratic Party takes on the godparenthood for Maksim Bas and Uladzislau Plushchau
Libereco solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou continues.
31.01.2023 Wiretap recordings, a list of political prisoners, and materials from Viasna website: what's inside Viasna case file
Viasna tells what constitutes the prosecution evidence and what is really targeted in these proceedings.
30.01.2023 Bialiatski: “Criminalizing aid to victims of political repression is immoral and inhumane”
Viasna tells what happened at the trial of the human rights center's leadership last week.
26.01.2023 Nine new political prisoners in Belarus
Article 130 of the Criminal Code is selectively and discriminatorily used against dissidents to protect state bodies.
25.01.2023 Ales Bialiatski: Criminal proceedings are politically motivated, and Viasna has operated legally
What happened in court during the 13th hearing.
25.01.2023 Appeal against the sentences of Rabkova and Chapiuk to be heard on February 28
This became known from the letter of the political prisoner Akikhiro Hayeuski-Hanada.
