News on the topic: Viasna
03.03.2023 “They need to know that it's not all in vain”: the wives of convicted human rights defenders comment on the verdict
We asked Natallia Pinchuk, Nina Labkovich, and Alina Stefanovic to comment on the court’s decision.
03.03.2023 FIDH condemns sentencing of its Vice-President and his Viasna colleagues
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) stays firmly mobilized until their ultimate liberation.
03.03.2023 Viasna leadership receives from 7 to 10 years in jail
The sentences imposed are two years less than those requested by the prosecutor.
03.03.2023 Nobel Peace prize laureate's representative banned from Belarus
Oleg Orlov, co-chair of the Russian Memorial, was heading to Minsk to attend the sentencing of his fellows from Viasna.
02.03.2023 "When the prosecutor demanded 12 years of imprisonment, Ales’s face remained calm". Portrayal of Ales Bialiatski in court
On 3 March, at 12 pm the Leninsky District Court of the city of Minsk passed judgement on Viasna’s human rights defenders. One of the court attendants - who would like to remain anonymous - has agreed to share their observations. Here’s the portrayal of Ales Bialiatski.
02.03.2023 Joint statement in the run-up to the verdict in the Viasna case
International human rights organizations call to release Bialiatski, Stefanovic and Labkovich immediately and unconditionally.
01.03.2023 Rabkova and Chapiuk sentences commuted after appeal
The verdict came into force and the political prisoners will soon be transported to the colonies.
23.02.2023 Support the human rights defenders of Viasna when they receive their sentences
On March 3 at 12.00 in the Leninsky District Court of Minsk, the verdict of Viasna human rights defenders will be announced. We call on you to support the human rights defenders and express your solidarity with them in all possible ways on this day.
21.02.2023 PEN International calls to take action for Nobel Laureate Ales Bialiatski on International Mother Language Day
To mark the anniversary, PEN International call to support Belarusian writer, human rights defender, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and PEN Belarus member Ales Bialiatski.
15.02.2023 What Bialiatski, Stefanovic, and Labkovich said in their last word in court: full translation of their speeches
On February 13, human rights defenders gave their last words thus bringing to a finish the court hearings.
13.02.2023 Ales Bialiatski: “Enough is enough, we must stop this civil war” Viasna leadership delivered their last words at court
The trial in the criminal case against Viasna is over.
10.02.2023 UN Special Rapporteurs informed about violations of the rights and freedoms of Viasna members during the trial
Viasna lawyer Sviatlana Halauniova explains which violations were described in the communication to the Special Rapporteurs.
09.02.2023 Sapelka: “Incredibly long prison sentences for honest and brave people are staggering in their inhumanity”
Viasna human rights advocate comments on the enormous sentences requested by the prosecutor to his fellows.
09.02.2023 Prosecution requests 12-year sentence for Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski
Viasna trial reached the closing arguments step.
08.02.2023 "Katya, you are sure to understand everything". Story told by the journalist detained upon a court hearing in the Viasna case and banned from entering Belarus for 10 years
Viasna has had a talk with Ekaterina Yanshina about her detention in the courtroom, 15 days spent in a "political" cell at the custodial facility in Akrestsina Lane, deportation from Belarus and how repressions in Belarus are different from those in Russia.
