News on the topic: political prisoners
24.03.2023 Human rights activists informed about 12 more political prisoners in Belarus
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community.
24.03.2023 #FreeViasna: Latest news about jailed Viasna human rights defenders
Rabkova and Chapiuk transferred to colonies, Stefanovic sends a letter from jail, and Bialiatski's wife promotes the Belarusian struggle for freedom in Poland.
23.03.2023 Journalists Semchanka and Mazheika sentenced to 3 years in prison for inciting enmity
On March 23, in separate hearings, Minsk Municipal Court convicted a former All-national TV anchor and Komsomolskaya Pravda correspondent of "inciting enmity" against public officials.
20.03.2023 Political prisoner Ihar Losik attempted suicide in colony
He is now in the medical unit.
17.03.2023 TUT.BY leadership gets 12 years in jail
Maryna Zolatava and Liudmila Chekina were convicted in a closed trial.
17.03.2023 Political experts receive 10 years in jail
Valeryia Kastsiuhova and Tatsiana Kuzina convicted in Minak Municipal court
16.03.2023 Rabkova's cellmate: “Marfa needs biopsy to see if it's benign or something worse”
Some hope remains that the activist will get help in the penal colony after the transfer.
15.03.2023 List of political prisoners updated with 20 new names
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community.
15.03.2023 Members of the Swiss National Council take on a godparenthood for Mikalai Biblis, Andrei Budai and Iryna Abdukeryna
Libereco solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou continues.
14.03.2023 Coordination council member and an entrepreneur receive jail terms for 2020 protests
Aksana Zaretskaya and Bahdan Karavets were sentenced to 18 and 24 months of imprisonment despite mitigating circumstances.
14.03.2023 Out of jail! In February, 20 political prisoners were released
Viasna recalls their cases.
09.03.2023 "Ales turned to the spectators and smiled very widely and heartily"
One of the spectators described the last court session in the Viasna case and the human rights defenders’ reaction to the verdict. Here is his monologue.
06.03.2023 International community condemns the verdict of Viasna leadership
We collect the international reactions to the shameful sentences of human rights defenders.
03.03.2023 “Caged and handcuffed human rights champions, this is what the Belarusian justice looks like today”
We will not stop our human rights activities, says Human Rights Center Viasna statement.
03.03.2023 “They need to know that it's not all in vain”: the wives of convicted human rights defenders comment on the verdict
We asked Natallia Pinchuk, Nina Labkovich, and Alina Stefanovic to comment on the court’s decision.
