News on the topic: political prisoners
05.06.2013 Maryna Adamovich: "These authorities are illegitimate as long as at least one person refuses to write a clemency petition"
Maryna Adamovich comments on the situation around her husband and other prisoners of conscience.
03.06.2013 Mikalai Statkevich preparing "Freedom's Way"
While serving his prison term, Mikalai Statkevich uses the assistance of his wife, Maryna Adamovich, in compiling a new book, "Freedom's Way", a collection of his essays and articles for the last decade.
31.05.2013 Parents visit political prisoner Alinevich
Ihar Alinevich, who serves sentence in penal colony No. 10 in Navapolatsk, was allowed a visit with his family. Charter97.org learnt it from his mother Valiantsina Alinevich.
29.05.2013 Mikalai Statkevich warns about new provocations
Prison authorities make new attempts to force a political prisoner to apply for a pardon. Charter97.org has learnt it from Statkevich's wife Maryna Adamovich.
27.05.2013 No news from Vaskovich for two months
Relatives have not been receiving letters from political prisoner Yauheny Vaskovich for two months.
23.05.2013 Valiantsin Stefanovich: “The Belarusian authorities have not demonstrated a positive trend in implementing the EU conditions”
Valiantsin Stefanovich, Deputy Head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, does not share the optimism of the European Parliament’s Rapporteur on Belarus Justas Paleckis, who argues that the human rights situation in the country has improved recently, said he in an interview to the Interfax-West news agency.
22.05.2013 Autukhovich: Why do the opposition leaders reject the main demand – complete rehabilitation of political prisoners?
In his recent, the political prisoner letter writes about hopes for an early release from prison of political leaders and civil society activists.
21.05.2013 People of the Square
The presentation of Aliaksandr Tamkovich’s book about political prisoners “Life after prison” took place in Warsaw.
21.05.2013 Political prisoner Edward Lobau allowed a long-term meeting with his mother and brother
It happened in the colony of Ivatsevichy and lasted for 3 days.
17.05.2013 Ales Bialiatski has no hope for early release
The imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski has no hope for an early release, spending all his free time in prison on creative work, Radio Racyja reports.
15.05.2013 Mikalai Autukhovich cannot eat well
According to the head of the public association "Legal Assistance to Population" Aleh Volhak, the political prisoner cannot eat properly due to problems with his teeth.
06.05.2013 Pavel Seviarynets given three days to visit his home
The co-head of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party, political prisoner Pavel Seviarynets was given three days off to spend the Easter in Vitsebsk.
03.05.2013 "Zmena" activists hang out streamer "Freedom to Political Prisoners" in Kastrychnitskaya Square
On Saturday, 4 May, an activist of "Zmena" (the youth wing of "Tell The Truth") Pavel Vinahradau is to be released after serving an arrest term.
03.05.2013 Syarhey Kavalenka gets the second warning for the week
Vitsebsk activist of the Conservative-Christian Party "Belarusian Popular Front" Siarhei Kavalenka was summonsed to Pershamaiski District Inspection in Vitsebsk and issued with the second warning for the week.
01.05.2013 Bialynichy activist send congratulations to political prisoners (photos)
Greetings on the International Labor Day and the upcoming Orthodox Easter and the Victory Day have been sent to the Belarusian political prisoners by civil activists of Bialynichy area.
