News on the topic: criminal prosecution
31.07.2021 Human rights organizations call to release 7 persons convicted in defamation trials
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
30.07.2021 Nearly 4,700 protest-related criminal cases opened since August 2020
4,691 criminal cases related to protests have been launched since the rigged presidential election of August 9, 2020, the Investigative Committee of Belarus said.
30.07.2021 7 new names on list of political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
29.07.2021 Pavel Larchyk is a political prisoner
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
29.07.2021 Trial in Kalesnikava case set for August 4
The trial will be held behind closed doors.
28.07.2021 Human rights organizations insist on release of three new political prisoners
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
27.07.2021 Human rights organizations call to release six persons convicted of defamation offenses
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
26.07.2021 Viasna leaders remain in detention
Ales Bialiatski, chairman of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, Valiantsin Stefanovich, deputy chairman, and Uladzimir Labkovich remain in pre-trial detention in Minsk, nearly two weeks after they were detained together with eight other members of Viasna.
22.07.2021 8 new names on list of political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
22.07.2021 We demand retrials and release of three more political prisoners
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
20.07.2021 Detained journalists of Belsat TV and RFE/RL, Tatiana Kouzina and Valeryia Kastsiuhova are new political prisoners
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
19.07.2021 9 new names on list of political prisoners
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
19.07.2021 Four protesters sentenced to prison terms in Minsk
Political prisoners Yan Falkin, Uladzislau Barysau and Mikita Litvinenko, together with the fourth defendant, Uladzimir Matsiukh, were sentenced to three and a half to five years in a medium-security prison.
19.07.2021 Ten political prisoners convicted in Telegram chats case
Judge Dzmitry Astapenka sentenced today ten political prisoners to five to nine years in prison, finding them guilty under Art. 293 (rioting), Art. 218 (deliberate destruction or damage to private property) and Art. 295 of the Criminal Code (illegal actions with firearms, ammunition and explosives).
17.07.2021 Five political prisoners released after 72 hours of detention. Bialiatski, Stefanovich, and Labkoviches are transferred to pre-trial detention center
On July 17, some human rights defenders who had been detained on 14 July under a criminal case were released from custody after 72 hours of detention.
