News on the topic: political prisoners
15.12.2014 Young human rights activists joined the Letter Marathon
December 14 in Minsk, Belarusian youth human rights group (BYHRG) held an action on signing postcards for liberation of political prisoners in different countries and sending postcards to the places of their imprisonment.
12.12.2014 “Viasna” joins postcard marathon for political prisoners
The Human Rights Center "Viasna" has joined the campaign, launched by the Belarusian House in Warsaw with the approach of the major winter holidays – Christmas and New Year.
12.12.2014 Biaroza human rights and civil society activists send postcards to political prisoners
All six political prisoners will receive warm greetings from Biaroza. The signers of the postcards believe that it is important to receive support in prison walls, and regard their letters and postcards as a small moral support.
11.12.2014 Robiert Tyszkiewicz: Ales Bialiatski is the face of the Belarusian people
Former Belarusian political prisoner, the head of the Human Rights Centre "Viasna" Ales Bialiatski received an award named after the Polish Ombudsman Pawiel Wlodkowicz. The prize is awarded annually for the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms.
11.12.2014 Andrei Khadanovich: prison is a cynic catalyst of literary creativity
Andrei Kadanovich, Chairman of the Belarusian PEN Centre, which, together with Radio Liberty organizes the literary prize named after Frantsishak Aliakhnovich, named the most outstanding works competing for the prize this year.
10.12.2014 Brest activists remind about political prisoners on Human Rights Day
A two-hour picket dedicated to the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was held in Brest in the park soldiers-internationalists and was the only such event in Belarus which was permitted by the local authorities.
10.12.2014 Belarusian issues discussed in Lithuanian Seimas (photo)
On December 9, the eve of Human Rights Day, Vilnius hosted a discussion attended by Belarusian and Lithuanian human rights activists, community leaders and relatives of political prisoners, as well as a photo exhibition dedicated to the death penalty in Belarus.
05.12.2014 Vasil Parfiankou released from jail
Political prisoner Vasil Parfiankou has been released.
04.12.2014 Political prisoner Mikalai Dziadok to be tried again
As reported by Mikalai Dziadok's wife Valeryia Khotsina to Radio "Racyja", her husband underwent psychiatric forensic examination at Mahiliou prison No. 4.
02.12.2014 Ales Bialiatski calls on the Danish MFA not to decrease the level of demands to the Belarusian regime
December 1 in Copenhagen, Chairman of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Ales Bialiatski met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Martin Lidegard.
01.12.2014 Political prisoner Eduard Lobau marks 26th birthday
Eduard Lobau was born in Vilnius on December 1, 1988.
27.11.2014 Political prisoner Lobau not released but already supervised
Eduard Lobau, who should have been released on December 18 after 4 year imprisonment, is preventively supervised.
20.11.2014 Political prisoner Mikalai Dziadok faces one more year in prison
On November 20, it was reported that a criminal case was opened against political prisoner Mikalai Dziadok under Part 1, Article 411 of the Criminal Code - willful disobedience of the lawful demands of the administration of the correctional institution. As a result, he may be sentenced to one more year of imprisonment.
16.11.2014 Brest region expresses solidarity with political prisoners (Photo)
Four cities of Brest region - Brest, Biaroza, Zhabinka, Kobryn held acts of solidarity with political prisoners on November 16.
29.10.2014 Vasil Parfiankou spent 90% of the sentence in separate cell
The political prisoner Vasil Parfiankou came back from one more isolation ward, where he spent 10 days because, according to him, the violation that was just contrived by the administration.
