News on the topic: political prisoners
11.09.2024 In September, at least 16 women are tried for solidarity with political prisoners
For four months now, trials of women who were detained during the January KGB raid for solidarity with political prisoners have been taking place in Belarus.
11.09.2024 Will the pardoned political prisoners be granted expungement?
Former political prisoner and Viasna human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka speaks about the specifics of pardoning and figures out whether the pardoned people will be excluded from the lists of "extremists and terrorists" and how the Interior Ministry can monitor their "law-abiding behavior."
06.09.2024 We demand the rehabilitation of 19 former political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
06.09.2024 "There are at least 16 political prisoners with disabilities behind bars." The alternative report to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities met with the Belarusian civil society, in particular with those people who prepared an alternative report on Belarus.
05.09.2024 30 more political prisoners pardoned in Belarus
It is reported that among them there are 7 women and 23 men.
05.09.2024 More than 30 political prisoners fully served their sentences in August, and 22 more were pardoned
What political prisoners served their sentences for and how many of them were imprisoned — Viasna recalls their cases.
04.09.2024 Statement on the recognition of five people as political prisoners
Joint statement of representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
04.09.2024 Political prisoner Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk's health deteriorates sharply
Palina's husband Andrei Sharenda wrote about the sharp deterioration of her health. She suffers from sharp pains on the side of her abdomen, but no medical help is provided to her.
03.09.2024 Political prisoner previously convicted for liking the post is retried. He now faces up to 15 years in prison.
On September 2, the Brest Regional Court began a new trial of Yauhen Kladau, a 41-year-old political prisoner, who was sentenced in November 2023 to one year's imprisonment for "insulting Lukashenka".
02.09.2024 "No one will know that you are sitting there beaten." Former political prisoner on the harsh conditions in the Vitsba penal colony
Mikalai spent almost two years in prison. In June, the man was released. He told Viasna how prisoners are deprived of the right to medical care and forced to do hard labor, about denunciations of the Belarusian language, beatings of prisoners, as well as severe restrictions on political activity.
30.08.2024 Statement on the recognition of five people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
29.08.2024 Political prisoner list in Belarus expanded by six names
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
29.08.2024 Viasna appealed to the UN Working Group on the political prisoner sentenced to imprisonment for solidarity
Viasna sent a complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention against 64-year-old political prisoner Iryna Takarchuk, who was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.
28.08.2024 Another political prisoner sentenced for 'Malicious disobedience to the prison administration'
On June 12, Žodzina City Court held a trial on political prisoner Yahor Ibrahimau, who was sentenced to four years in prison. He was charged under Part 1 of Article 411 of the Criminal Code.
26.08.2024 "Innocent people are forced to appeal to the dictator for their release." Pavel Sapelka on the appeal for amnesty
In Belarusian penal colonies and prisons, political prisoners convicted on arbitrary charges face additional pressure: they are forced to confess to crimes they did not commit.