News on the topic: criminal prosecution
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.
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.
29.05.2024 The statement on the recognition of 9 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
27.05.2024 The statement on the recognition of 6 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
27.05.2024 Crackdown on human rights lawyers
Harassment and prosecutions; total state control over legal profession
24.05.2024 Alena Masliukova: "I've worked as a human rights defender and I will continue my work”
On May 23, the Svietlahorsk District Department of the Investigative Committee initiated special proceedings against Viasna human rights defender Alena Masliukova.
24.05.2024 Franak Viachorka will be tried in absentia on May 31
He is charged under nine articles of the Criminal Code, including conspiracy to seize power and treason against the state.
24.05.2024 The statement on the recognition of 11 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
24.05.2024 Ukrainians, Poles, Russians: which foreign citizens are in Belarusian prisons for political reasons
Viasna reports which foreign citizens are being persecuted in Belarus for political reasons.
22.05.2024 The statement on the recognition of 20 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
21.05.2024 The statement on the recognition of 10 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
20.05.2024 "I thought that if I fell asleep, I would wake up in a cell again." Ex-political prisoners on their psychological state on both sides of the bars
Asia Bulybenka and former political prisoner Alina (name changed for security reasons) shared their stories.
