News on the topic: criminal prosecution
05.08.2024 Expert psychologist Volha Vialichka sentenced in absentia to 9 years’ imprisonment
Hrodna Regional Court handed down a sentence to Volha Vialichka, an expert in the field of psychology and former director of the Children's Hospice in Hrodna.
05.08.2024 Journalists from Mahiliou sentenced to imprisonment
Mahiliou Regional Court handed down a verdict on former journalists Ales Sabaleuski and Yauhen Hlushkou for participating in an extremist and military formations
31.07.2024 The statement on the recognition of six people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
31.07.2024 Lukashenka pardoned German Rico Krieger, sentenced to death
On July 30, it became known that Rico had applied for pardon to Aliaksandr Lukashenka.
30.07.2024 Journalist and human rights activist Uladzimir Khilmanovich is being tried in absentia in Hrodna
All the journalist's property has been confiscated.
30.07.2024 The statement on the recognition of 12 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
29.07.2024 "They came almost every night": political prisoner speaks about home confinement in Belarus
He spoke with Viasna about home confinement in Belarus and the conditions of detention in the Škloŭ colony.
26.07.2024 Statement by the human rights community of Belarus on the recognition of seven political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
25.07.2024 Statement on recognition of 13 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
23.07.2024 The Rico Krieger case: we have collected everything that is known
Viasna has collected everything that is known about the Rico Krieger case, and Andrei Paluda, coordinator of the Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty campaign, comments the prospects.
23.07.2024 FIDH, Viasna, and other organizations call on Belarus to stop the execution of Rico Krieger
Joint statement of international human rights organizations.
22.07.2024 "They spread my legs wide and kicked them." A former political prisoner spoke about colony No. 17 and the persecution after his release
Henadz told Viasna about cold torture and beatings in the Škloŭ colony, about the persecution after his release, and about community service in Belarus.
19.07.2024 "An exceptional case." The coordinator of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty" spoke about the sentence of Rico Krieger
Campaign coordinator Andrei Paluda comments on the case and the death sentence of the German citizen.
19.07.2024 Employee of the German Red Cross sentenced to death in Belarus
On June 24, a 29-year-old employee of the German Red Cross, Rico Krieger, was sentenced in the Minsk Regional Court.
17.07.2024 The pressure continues: what happened to political prisoners between June 19 and July 16
Viasna reports the latest news about political prisoners.
