News on the topic: political prisoners
27.10.2014 Mikalai Dziadok treats himself on his own in prison
Mikalai Dzyadok reads a lot and goes in for sports in prison in order to be in better physical shape till the time of his release in 4 months.
23.10.2014 Ihar Alinevich released after 30 days from isolation ward
Political prisoner Ihar Alinevich spent 30 days in an isolation ward of Vitebsk colony. He was punished with a isolation ward for refusing to wash toilets.
20.10.2014 Parfiankou is again in an isolation ward
The fact that Vasil Parfiankou again got in an isolation ward said activist Volha Mikalaichyk, who is in correspondence with the political prisoner.
19.10.2014 Mikalai Statkevich – for Baranovichi human rights defenders: "I'm all right and not going to change my position"
Former presidential candidate Mikalai Statkevich, who is serving a six-year sentence in Mogilev prison # 4, sent a letter to Baranovichi human rights defenders.
17.10.2014 Political prisoner Alinevich is being threatened to be transferred from the colony to the closed prison.
Administration of the colony "Vitsba-3" expressed a threat to transfer the political prisoner to the closed prison during a conversation with family and lawyer of Ihar Alinevich.
15.10.2014 Join the campaign for the liberation of Pavel Vinahradau!
The Human Rights Centre "Viasna" encourages colleagues, friends and associates to join the campaign for the liberation of the civil society activist Pavel Vinahradau.
15.10.2014 FIDH and Human Rights Centre “Viasna” demand to stop harassment of civil society activist Pavel Vinahradau
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Human Rights Center "Viasna" protest and outrage over the illegal actions of the Belarusian authorities in respect to the opposition activist Pavel Vinahradau.
14.10.2014 Andrei Kasheuski gets 15 days of arrest for “Freedom to Political Prisoners”
Smaliavichy activist and newspaper distributor Andrei Kasheuski was detained back on October 9 for walking near the central department store in Minsk (TsUM) in a T-shirt “Freedom to Political Prisoners” with the names of the prisoners on the back.
13.10.2014 Political prisoner Alinevich thrown into penal cell
Ihar Alinevich will spend 10 days in a penal cell.
09.10.2014 Political prisoner Vaskovich to be transferred to penal colony soon
Yauhen Vaskovich, who is serving a seven-year prison term for hooligan actions towards the building of the Babruisk KGB office, will be transferred from the cell-type prison No.4 to the penal colony No. 15 due to the expiry of the three-year term of keeping in the high-security prison. Both corrective institutions are situated in Mahiliou.
07.10.2014 Salihorskers send solidarity postcards to political prisoners (photos)
In Salihorsk, civil society activists have again sent postcards with words of support to Belarusian political prisoners.
06.10.2014 Yury Rubtsou sentenced to 18 months of personal restraint
Today, October 6, socio-political activist Yury Rubtsou has been sentenced to 2.5 years of personal restraint. However, the sentence has been reduced to 1.5 years due to the amnesty. Therefore, the defendant will have to serve 1.5 years of personal restraint.
06.10.2014 Ex-political prisoner Aliaksandr Frantskevich is blocked at home
Since 6 a.m., police have been trying to get to the Minsk apartment where the former political prisoner Aliaksandr Frantskevich lives. The reasons remain unknown.
06.10.2014 Eduard Lobau doesn't receive warm clothes in prison
The political prisoner continues to wear summer clothes, thought the weather became significantly colder.
30.09.2014 Ales Bialiatski: Awarding of the Vaclav Havel Prize - a strong signal to the Azerbaijani authorities
Ales Bialiatski, head of the Human Rights Centre "Viasna" and Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights, was in Strasbourg at the opening session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, where on September 29 has been named the winner of the Vaclav Havel Prize on human rights.
