News on the topic: political prisoners
01.10.2013 Belarusian political prisoners are in the focus of attention at the book fair in Gothenburg
During the book fair in Gothenburg the human rights organization Östgruppen organized a seminar "Political prisoners in the center of Europe". During the seminar, the floor was taken by the Östgruppen chairman Martin Uggla and photographer and journalist Maria Sodeberg, who talked about Ales Bialiatski and Mikalai Statkevich.
01.10.2013 Belarusian political prisoners on the short list of Sakharov prize
30 September saw the announcement of the short list of candidates for Andrey Sakharov Prize "For the freedom of thought". Among the contenders for the award the Foreign Affairs Committee of European Parliament called Belarusian political prisoners Ales Bialiatski, Eduard Lobau and Mikalai Statkevich, as well as the US national Edward Snovden and the Pakistani human rights activist, schoolgirl Malala Yusufzai.
26.09.2013 Veterans of Soviet War in Afghanistan ask house arrest for Autukhovich
Veterans of the Soviet War in Afghanistan think the political prisoner should have a softer punishment.
26.09.2013 Mikalai Autukhovich recovers after attempted suicide
Information that political prisoner Mikalai Autukhovich, who is serving a prison sentence in Hrodna prison No. 1, inflicted serious injury upon himself has been completely confirmed. According to his lawyer, Autukhovich cut his abdomen with a razor blade, but is now doing well.
25.09.2013 EEAS official: Release and rehabilitation of political prisoners remain necessary condition for normalization of Belarus-EU relations
Minsk, 24 September. The release and rehabilitation of political prisoners remain a necessary and indispensable condition for the normalization of relations between Belarus and the European Union, Gunnar Wiegand, the European External Action Service (EEAS)’s director for Russia, the Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional Cooperation and the OSCE, told reporters in Minsk on Tuesday, following his meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Alena Kupchyna.
25.09.2013 Political prisoner Prakapenka denied meeting
Artsiom Prakapenka was denied of a long-term meeting with his parents.
24.09.2013 Send birthday wishes to Ales Bialiatski!
Ales Bialiatski, the imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" and vice-president of the International Federation for Human Rights, will celebrate his 51st birthday on September 25. Since August 4, 2011, the human rights defender has been behind bars, first in the detention center in Minsk, and eventually in the Babruisk-based penal colony No. 2.
24.09.2013 Ihar Alinevich marks 30th birthday
The political prisoner celebrates his birthday behind bars.
20.09.2013 Pavel Sapelka: “Self-inflicted injuries and hunger strike is the only "peaceful" way to protest in prison"
Mikalai Autukhovich cut his stomach while serving his term in prison in Hrodna, the website of the Platform Innovation human rights NGO said in the morning of September 19. Ej.by contacted Pavel Sapelka, the lawyer who defended Autukhovich during the investigation and the trial.
19.09.2013 Human rights activists: Makalaj Autukhovich transferred back to cell
A political prisoner Mikalaj Autukhovich, who cut his stomach open with a blade in the prison number 1 (Hrodna), feels allright. A human rights activist Andrej Bandarenka, the head of a private cultural and educational institution Platform Innovation, told BelaPAN about that.
19.09.2013 Mikalai Autukhovich cuts abdomen to protest harassment
Mikalai Autukhovich inflicted a serious bodily injury on himself, the Platform human rights NGO reports, quoting a confidential source in the Hrodna-based prison No. 1. According to the source, Autukhovich cut his abdomen with a razor blade in protest against the ongoing harassment from the prison authorities.
18.09.2013 Prison authorities keep harassing Mikalai Autukhovich
Mikalai Autukhovich learned on September 4 that prison supervisors charged him with violation of the internal regulations of the correctional institution, just one month ahead of the expected lifting of all penalties from him. Meanwhile, the political prisoner says he strictly observes the prison rules.
18.09.2013 European Parliament announced Sakharov prize nominees
Members of the European Parliament announced seven candidates for the Sakharov prize at a joint session of the Parliament’s foreign affairs committee and the human rights sub-committee.
17.09.2013 Lithuania’s MFA: Release of political prisoners is paramount
Lithuania hopes for improvement of EU-Belarus relations.
16.09.2013 Human Rights Defenders Discuss Violations of Human Rights in Belarus with Dutch Officials
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Netherlands Helsinki Committee (NHC) invited a delegation of Belarusian and Russian human rights defenders to raise issues regarding the systematic violation of human rights in Belarus with Dutch officials.
