News on the topic: political prisoners
01.07.2014 Official Minsk is criticized in Baku over political prisoners
Two committees of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE adopted resolutions on Belarus.
27.06.2014 Vasil Parfiankou: I have more than 20 violations
Human rights defender Anastasiya Loika has received a letter from political prisoner Vasil Parfiankou, who told her about his latest news.
25.06.2014 Great Britain demands release of political prisoners in Belarus
London welcomes the release of Ales Bialatski and calls upon Belarus authorities to release the rest of the political prisoners. This comes from Britain’s Minister for European Affairs David Lidington, BelaPAN reports.
22.06.2014 Soviet dissident Mikhail Kukabaka: Ales Bialiatski’s release manifestation of political expediency
Belarusian dissident and political prisoner of the Soviet times, Mikhail Kukabaka, having learned of the release of Ales Bialiatski from a report on the radio station “Echo of Moscow”, has written about it in a letter to the Human Rights Center “Viasna”.
20.06.2014 Political prisoner Vaskovich put in punishment cell
Wardens try to present Vaskovich as a “malicious violator”.
17.06.2014 Political prisoner Lobau meets with his mother in correctional facility
Maryna Lobava returned after a long-term visit to her son. She said it to charter97.org.
04.06.2014 Valiantsina Alinevich: in May, Ihar was treated with special attention in prison
Valiantsina Alinevich: in May, Ihar was treated with special attention in prison
03.06.2014 Mikalai Statkevich: “prone to assaults and escape”
“I had forgotten to tell you – I am still considered “prone to assaults and escapes”. Therefore, each month a pedagogic talk shall be held with me”, 2010 presidential candidate and political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich wrote in a letter to his wife.
29.05.2014 Mikalai Autukhovich not allowed to visit Minsk for medical examination
The police of Vaukavysk forbade the former political prisoner to leave the town for a medical examination.
26.05.2014 Viasna welcomes release of colleague Nabeel Rajab in Bahrain!
Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and Deputy Secretary General of FIDH got out of jail on May 24 after being detained for more than 600 days.
26.05.2014 Human rights results of Ice Hockey Championship: Repressive machine shows its power in action
Valiantsin Stefanovich, Deputy Chairman of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, in his interview for spring96.org, tells about the human rights results of the Ice Hockey World Championship, which was held in Minsk from 9 to 25 May.
13.05.2014 Swiss human rights defenders support civil society of Belarus
Amnesty International’s Swiss branch calls Belarusian authorities for “fair play in the field of human rights” within an advocacy campaign coinciding with the World Ice Hockey Championship in Minsk
12.05.2014 International human rights defenders: Ice Hockey World Championships 2014 in Minsk overshadowed by detentions
Human rights organisations appeal to International Ice Hockey Federation and Belarusian President Lukashenka
08.05.2014 Political prisoner Andrei Haidukou released from Vitebsk jail
Political prisoner Andrei Haidukou released from Vitebsk jail
02.05.2014 Condition of 9 political prisoners in Belarus is critical (information as of April 2014)
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Human Rights Centre “Viasna” presented analytical report on the condition of political prisoners and limitation of freedom for civil activists in Belarus. The report provides the information as of 30 April 2014 in Russian language.
