News on the topic: political prisoners
22.12.2022 Rights defenders learn about another eight political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus.
22.12.2022 Viasna trial to begin on January 5
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovic, and Uladzimir Labkovich are in the dock. Zmitser Salauyou will be tried in absentia.
21.12.2022 What happened to political prisoners on December 12–18
Political persecution in Belarus continues.
16.12.2022 Eleven people recognized as political prisoners over defamation charges
Rights defenders insist on decriminalizing defamation offenses.
15.12.2022 Nasta Loika remains in custody after her previous detention time is over
Human rights defender was sentenced to another administrative detention term.
15.12.2022 How to send a parcel to a political prisoner from abroad?
At the moment, there are more than 1,400 political prisoners behind bars in Belarus. For most of them any correspondence is blocked, but parcels in such a situation is a reliable way to show support and send the message they’re not forgotten.
13.12.2022 Belarusians celebrate Nobel Peace Prize all around Europe
This weekend, Belarusians in many cities came together to share pride in their second Nobel laureate.
12.12.2022 What happened to political prisoners on December 5–11
First convicts in Brest Dancing Protest case released, another bunch of sentences in the Zeltser case, and other news.
12.12.2022 Ex political prisoner: “There were people whose legs were completely blue”
Escaped political prisoner Aliaksandr Andrushkevich's account of his arrest and detention.
11.12.2022 Ales Bialiatski Awarded Nobel Peace Prize. His Wife Receives It
The human rights defender Ales Bialiatski could not personally receive the award — he has been behind bars under criminal charges for 17 months.
08.12.2022 MPs from 21 countries call for release of Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski
In the run-up to the Nobel Peace Prize award, European politicians are addressing the ruling regime in Belarus.
07.12.2022 Teacher gets four years in jail for a video with Russian military equipment
Iryna Abdukeryna is another convict in a series of war-related cases.
07.12.2022 Ales Bialiatski's wife on her husband's reaction to the Nobel Peace Prize: "He is very impressed by this news"
Natalia Pinchuk told Viasna how she took the news about the award and how Ales himself took it, shared her opinions on whether it would affect his situation and how Ales feels now.
06.12.2022 Out of jail! In November, 28 political prisoners got free
Nineteen people served full jail time. Another 11 were released after sentencing.
06.12.2022 Watching the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony together: locations and time
Let’s show our support and thank Bialiatski for many years of defending rights and helping people.
