News on the topic: criminal prosecution
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.
16.07.2024 More than half of those convicted in June in political criminal cases were punished for participating in 2020 protests
According to preliminary data, at least 146 people were convicted in June.
15.07.2024 "They beat me with a flagpole to make me kneel in front of the head of the police department". A story of an ex political prisoner
Uladzislau Biahun spoke with Viasna about his brutal detention and persecution for the removal of the national flag.
12.07.2024 Eduard Babaryka received additional period of imprisonment
The case was handled by judge Pavel Kartsinen.
10.07.2024 Verdicts have been passed in another criminal case in absentia
The trial was handled by judge Andrei Leshchanka.
05.07.2024 Statement of human rights defenders of Belarus on recognition of 17 new political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
04.07.2024 The statement on the recognition of eight people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
02.07.2024 The case of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's analysts: two hundred six and a half years of imprisonment
The trial took place in the Minsk Regional Court and lasted from May 31 to July 1.
25.06.2024 The "cage" in women's penal colonies. What is it, what norms does it violate?
Viasna writes about what it is and what national and international norms such treatment of prisoners violates.
25.06.2024 Statement on recognition of Andrzej Yukhnevich as a political prisoner
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community.
25.06.2024 We demand the rehabilitation of 22 former political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
21.06.2024 The statement on the recognition of 17 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
20.06.2024 Franak Viachorka was sentenced in absentia to 20 years of imprisonment
The verdict was handed down by judge Valiantsina Ziankevich.
20.06.2024 The statement on the recognition of 15 people as political prisoners
Joint statement of the human rights coalition
19.06.2024 Leanid Sudalenka: "I will stop respecting my legal profession if I give up"
The human rights defender speaks about his trial in absentia, special proceedings, violation of rights during the trial, and his future plans.
