News on the topic: political prisoners
14.07.2022 Dashkevich family convicted
The sentence is a body blow to Zmitser and Nasta and sparks a public outcry
13.07.2022 Sixteen people prosecuted under notorious Article 342 are recognized as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
13.07.2022 Journalist Katsiaryna Andreyeva sentenced to eight years in prison for high treason
She was supposed to be released on September 5, however new charges under a serious article were brought against her in April
12.07.2022 HRDs call to decriminalize defamation offenses as 10 more people considered political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
11.07.2022 German and Austrian MPs adopt three political prisoners
Libereco’s solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou continues
08.07.2022 What happened to political prisoners last week
Viasna has collected all the news about political prisoners from July 4 to 8
08.07.2022 Persecution for anti-war protest must stop: five more people recognized as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
07.07.2022 Сlosed trial grossly violates procedural rights of the accused on political grounds
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
06.07.2022 The father of six children sentenced to jail
Political prisoner Aliaksandr Zialiutkin was sentenced to 3.5 years in a medium-security penal colony
05.07.2022 Solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou continues: Three European MPs ‘adopt’ political prisoners
Members of Parliament from Slovakia and Germany adopt political prisoners Siarhei Sakavets, Yury Bialko und Yuliya Labunova
04.07.2022 Viasna digest: 28 political prisoners released in June, half of them fully served their sentences
According to human rights defenders, at least 28 people were released in June. Viasna tells what happened to political prisoners in June.
30.06.2022 The trial over BelaPAN journalists suspended for two months
A regular closed-door court hearing resulted in an unexpected decision
30.06.2022 List of political prisoners updated with 13 new names
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
28.06.2022 HRDs recognise 14 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
24.06.2022 New sentences, increased custody level and long-awaited releases: What happened to political prisoners this week
Viasna has collected all the news about political prisoners for this week
