News on the topic: political prisoners
03.10.2023 #FreeViasna: review of news on imprisoned Viasna human rights defenders
We collected news on Viasna team members who are behind bars.
29.09.2023 Repression without rules: more than 15 people from the sports field are behind bars
September 30 is the Day of Sports Solidarity.
28.09.2023 Three MPs from Germany and Austria become godparents to Mikita Karpenka, Danuta Peradnia and Kiryl Klimau
Jürgen Hardt (German Bundestag, CDU), Bettina Stark-Watzinger (German Bundestag, FDP) and Andreas Schieder (European Parliament, SPÖ, Austria) have again taken on a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus.
27.09.2023 Ales Bialiatski was given the first Distinguished Alumni Award of the Marshall Center
Ales Bialiatski was represented at the ceremony by his wife Natallia Pinchuk.
27.09.2023 Statement on the recognition of 11 new political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
26.09.2023 What happened to political prisoners on September 19-26
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
26.09.2023 Mikhail Lapunou recognized as political prisoner
Joint statement of the Belarusian human-rights community
25.09.2023 Right Livelihood and Viasna called on the UN to create an independent mechanism for Belarus to investigate human rights violations
During the report, the foundation emphasized the role of Viasna in disclosing systemic human rights violations in Belarus.
25.09.2023 "Ales, I'm very proud..." Lithuanian schoolchildren congratulated Bialiatski on his birthday
A meeting with local schoolchildren was held at the Simonas Daukantas Gymnasium in Vilnius on the birthday of Ales Bialiatski (September 25).
20.09.2023 Human rights activist Ales Bialiatski awarded Golden Laurels
The award for Ales Bialiatski was received by human rights activist Alena Laptsionak, and Pavel Latushka spoke at the ceremony.
20.09.2023 Review of the news on political prisoners from September 12 to 19
Viasna reports the latest news on political prisoners in a weekly review.
19.09.2023 Ex-manager of MTS mobile operator and musician Aliaksei Kuzmin was sentenced to 7 years in a penal colony
Despite the fact that in July the political prisoner gave a "repentant interview" to propagandists, he was convicted under two articles of the Criminal Code.
19.09.2023 Siarhei Hardzievich, a former political prisoner and journalist from Drahichyn, was detained at the border
The detention took place on September 14 at the Brest checkpoint.
18.09.2023 "We are restoring justice." Human rights activists explained their large statement on giving the status of "former political prisoners"
On September 18, the human rights community of Belarus made a large statement demanding the full rehabilitation of 150 people at once.
18.09.2023 We demand the rehabilitation of convicted participants of peaceful assemblies
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
