News on the topic: criminal prosecution
19.06.2024 Five years of imprisonment in a high security colony and a huge fine: the verdict of human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka
Leanid Sudalenka is one of the first human rights defenders who faced criminal prosecution after the 2020 presidential election.
18.06.2024 The statement on the recognition of 5 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
14.06.2024 The statement on the recognition of 10 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
14.06.2024 At least 145 people were tried in criminal political cases in May
Viasna traditionally reports the specifics of the criminal prosecution last month.
14.06.2024 "Shove your rights up your ass," a former political prisoner speaks about the pressure in home confinement
Aliaksandr Svirydzenka told Viasna about poor-quality medical care in detention, restrictions in home confinement, detentions for "rules violation", and conditions of detention in the temporary detention facility at Akrescina.
13.06.2024 Statement on the recognition of political prisoner and journalist Alena Tsimashchuk
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
12.06.2024 Human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka tried in absentia for facilitating extremist activities
Leanid Sudalenka is one of the first human rights defenders who faced criminal prosecution after the 2020 presidential election.
10.06.2024 The hearing of the appeal of the co-chairman of the Memorial Center Oleg Orlov postponed
After the verdict, without any grounds, Oleg Orlov was transferred to the SIZO-2 in Syzran on the night of April 11–12.
06.06.2024 The statement on the recognition of 9 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
05.06.2024 Stories of teenage political prisoners of Belarus who were deprived of their freedom
Viasna reports how the Belarusian authorities persecute children for political reasons, and why the children were imprisoned.
03.06.2024 We demand the rehabilitation of 29 former political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
31.05.2024 77 people were convicted for donations. How are they persecuted in Belarus for solidarity, and how to avoid persecution for it
Viasna reports how people in Belarus are persecuted for showing solidarity and reminds what to do if you are called for a "conversation" because of your donations.
31.05.2024 The trial of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's analysts case begins
According to the case materials, all the defendants are accused of committing crimes of an extremist nature in connection with Aliaksandr Lukashenka's campaign for the elections.
30.05.2024 How and why are priests being persecuted in Belarus?
Representatives of the religious community who supported the democratic movement are widely persecuted in Belarus.
29.05.2024 Four years since the day of mass detentions in Hrodna: what happened to the defendants in the Tsikhanouski case
Those events on a square in Hrodna on May 29, 2020, can be called the beginning of mass persecution in Belarus, which continue to this time.
