News on the topic: political prisoners
28.10.2024 "Prison is outside, not inside": artworks from behind the bars
The exhibition in Vilnius, which is part of the Relentless Voices project of the Museum of Free Belarus in Warsaw, presents 60 drawings and graphic artworks.
23.10.2024 Four Scottish MPs take on a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus
As part of #WeStandBYyou campaign, Kenneth Gibson (Scottish National Party), Clare Haughey (Scottish National Party), Paul Sweeney (Scottish Labour) and Ruth Maguire (Scottish National Party) become godparents of Artsiom Kasakouski, Zhanna Volkava, Hanna Karniayenka and Kseniya Khоdyrаva.
21.10.2024 The statement on the recognition of eight people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
21.10.2024 Father's Day in Belarus: five stories about political prisoners who are fathers of many children
There are almost 30 political prisoners across the country who are fathers of many children.
18.10.2024 The statement on the recognition of four people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
15.10.2024 Political prisoner Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk sentenced to an additional year and one day of imprisonment
Last year, she was sentenced to an additional year in a penal colony.
14.10.2024 Mother's Day behind bars: 10 stories of women political prisoners
On Mother's Day, Viasna recalls some of the stories of women who ended up behind bars, separated from their children.
11.10.2024 The statement on the recognition of 5 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
10.10.2024 The statement on the recognition of 9 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
09.10.2024 New godparents for political prisoners in Belarus from England and Germany
As part of #WeStandBYyou campaign, Lord Simon Russell (House of Lords, Independent, England), Kevin Kühnert (Social Democratic Party of Germany) and Lord Leslie Griffiths (House of Lords, Labour Party, England) are taking on a godparenthood for Alena and Siarhei Maushuk, Volha Brytsikava and Mikhail Lapunou.
07.10.2024 Yury Ziankovich sentenced to additional 2 years of imprisonment. He is currently in the KGB pre-trial detention center
Viasna has collected all known information about the persecution of the political prisoner as well as about his health.
07.10.2024 "Welcome to the Motherland." At least 66 people convicted in political criminal cases after returning from abroad
Of these people, at least 36 are currently behind bars.
07.10.2024 Up to 25 years in a penal colony: 12 defendants sentenced in the Mačuliščy case
Mikalai Shvets, who was released in June on an exchange with Ukraine, was sentenced in absentia to 25 years in a penal colony.
07.10.2024 Political prisoner Siarhei Ramanau was sentenced to two more years of imprisonment
The total term of imprisonment of the political prisoner is 22 years and 11 months.
04.10.2024 At least 24 people released in September after serving their sentences, 67 after being pardoned
What political prisoners served their sentences for and how many of them were imprisoned; Viasna recalls their cases.
