News on the topic: criminal prosecution
09.04.2024 "What hemophilia? You shouldn't have written comments on the Internet." The story of political prisoner Aliaksei Haloukin
He told Viasna about his time in the Hrodna pre-trial detention center and Babrujsk colony No. 2, medical care, the library, and the special squad he was part of.
05.04.2024 The statement on the recognition of 13 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
03.04.2024 Vital Chopik, detained in Brest, was taken to hospital with signs of severe beating
Recall that on March 28, 2024, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that a 40-year-old resident of Brest, who attended court hearings, was placed in a pre-trial detention center.
28.03.2024 Seven more persons recognized as political prisoners in Belarus
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
20.03.2024 Investigative Committee opens criminal cases against members of "People's Embassies" and "Belarusians Abroad"
The agency believes that representatives of these initiatives attempted to harm Belarus' national security.
19.03.2024 Blogger and journalist Ihar Karnei is on trial in Minsk
Ihar Karnei was detained on July 17, and the journalist's house was searched.
19.03.2024 Catholic believer sentenced to three years in a penal colony in Minsk
On March 14, the Minsk City Court sentenced Catholic believer Uladzislau Beladzed.
18.03.2024 Ukrainian citizen accused of espionage and sentenced to 9 years in penal colony
Natallia was a volunteer: after the outbreak of the war she transported Ukrainian refugees to the EU and Belarus; transferred documents and medicines.
14.03.2024 "It should have been a restriction of freedom, not a deprivation." How political prisoners live in open-type correctional institutions
Sending geolocation every two hours. Video calls with the inspector twice a day.
13.03.2024 Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya demands news of her imprisoned husband
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Friday marched to the country's embassy in Lithuania, holding a photo of her imprisoned husband and demanding information about him after a year of being incommunicado.
13.03.2024 The statement on the recognition of 10 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
12.03.2024 Statement by human rights defenders in connection with the crackdown on lawyers
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
11.03.2024 More than 8,000 women have been persecuted in Belarus. Infographics about repression against women
Viasna writes about repression against women using infographics.
06.03.2024 The statement on the recognition of four people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
05.03.2024 The statement on the recognition of eight people as political prisoners
We, the representatives of the Belarusian human rights community, once again emphasize that detention and further deprivation of liberty for various protest activities are used by authorities to suppress social and political activity, dissent, and anti-war demonstrations.
