News on the topic: criminal prosecution
01.07.2022 Andrei Padniabenny sentenced to 15 years in jail under ‘terrorist’ article
On May 23, the KGB put Andrei Padniabenny on the list of terrorists
30.06.2022 The trial over BelaPAN journalists suspended for two months
A regular closed-door court hearing resulted in an unexpected decision
30.06.2022 List of political prisoners updated with 13 new names
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
28.06.2022 HRDs recognise 14 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
23.06.2022 Harsh sentence for philosopher Uladzimir Matskevich
Political prisoner, philosopher, and founder of the Flying University sentenced to five years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
22.06.2022 Viasna to present most recent reports on political persecution and prisons in Belarus
The presentation will take place on June 24 at 12:00 in Vilnius as part of the Week against torture
16.06.2022 Andrei Zeltser's widow to be sent in coercive mental treatment
Political prisoner Maryia Uspenskaya sentenced to coercive treatment in a psychiatric hospital in a criminal case
15.06.2022 Journalist Aksana Kolb sentenced to 2.5 years of freedom restriction
She was released in the courtroom awaiting the commencement of the sentence
14.06.2022 Political prisoner Siarhei Hun went on a dry hunger strike
For the time being Siarhei is kept in the temporary detention center of the Minsk City Executive Committee
14.06.2022 Political prisoner Natallia Vasilevich released awaiting sentence commencement
The Court sentenced her to three years of freedom restriction in an open-type correctional penitentiary
14.06.2022 #FreeViasna: Weekly news digest on Viasna’s imprisoned human rights defenders
Latest news about imprisoned Viasna members from June 6 to 12
09.06.2022 Seven more political prisoners in Belarus
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
08.06.2022 HRDs demand release of 10 new political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
08.06.2022 RFE/RL journalist Andrei Kuznechyk sentenced to 6 years
Freelance journalist found guilty of ‘creation of an extremist formation’ (Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code) in closed-door trial
08.06.2022 Two journalists recognized as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community