News on the topic: criminal prosecution
04.08.2022 Former civil servant convicted of disclosing personal data of police officers
Political prisoner Siarhei Petrushenka gets a jail sentence
04.08.2022 At least 76 citizens convicted on political grounds in criminal cases in July
Custodial and freedom-restricting sentences were handed down in 100% of the politically motivated cases
03.08.2022 Journalist Iryna Slaunikava sentenced to five years in jail
Political prisoner was accused of creating an extremist formation and taking part in actions that grossly violate the public order
02.08.2022 MMA fighter Uladzislau Navitski sentenced to three years of restricted freedom
Navitski was accused of two episodes of participation in mass protests that took place in Minsk in 2020
02.08.2022 Bank employee convicted for participating in protests in 2020
Maskoŭski District Court of Minsk passed a verdict in the criminal case against Alesia Kureichyk
01.08.2022 Former Lukashenka supporter convicted of participating in protests after riot police beats up her son
Ina Shyrokaya found guilty of ‘actively participating in actions that grossly violate the public order’ under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code
01.08.2022 Convicted of discrediting Belarus in the absence of evidence of police officer insult: another sentence in Zeltzer case
Political prisoner Vital Ivaniukovich sentenced to 24 months in jail
29.07.2022 First conviction handed down in Belarusian court for wanting to join Ukraine's armed units
Siarhei Vaitsiuk convicted for attempted participation in hostilities on the territory of a foreign state
27.07.2022 Four youngsters sentenced to five to six years in jail
The court pronounced a verdict in the case of political prisoners Arsenii Maiseichyk, Adam Sauko, Siarhei Batura, and Mikita Kuntysh
26.07.2022 Seven people added to list of political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
22.07.2022 HRDs: Authorities abuse criminal law by passing harsh sentences on protesters
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
21.07.2022 HRDs recognize eight more people as political prisoners and call to decriminalize defamation offenses
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
19.07.2022 Political prisoner convicted for white-red-white flag gets another term for insulting Lukashenka
Heorhi Vasilenka accused under Part 1, Article 368 of the Criminal Code sentenced to 17 months in jail
19.07.2022 Minor gets three years in jail for filming Russian military equipment
Pavel Piskun accused of promoting extremist activity under Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code gets custodial sentence
19.07.2022 Political prisoner convicted in a criminal case for three ‘political’ comments
Aliaksandr Kazakevich sentenced to 18 months of freedom restriction under home confinement
