News on the topic: political prisoners
23.06.2022 Harsh sentence for philosopher Uladzimir Matskevich
Political prisoner, philosopher, and founder of the Flying University sentenced to five years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
16.06.2022 Andrei Zeltser's widow to be sent in coercive mental treatment
Political prisoner Maryia Uspenskaya sentenced to coercive treatment in a psychiatric hospital in a criminal case
15.06.2022 Journalist Aksana Kolb sentenced to 2.5 years of freedom restriction
She was released in the courtroom awaiting the commencement of the sentence
14.06.2022 Political prisoner Siarhei Hun went on a dry hunger strike
For the time being Siarhei is kept in the temporary detention center of the Minsk City Executive Committee
14.06.2022 Political prisoner Natallia Vasilevich released awaiting sentence commencement
The Court sentenced her to three years of freedom restriction in an open-type correctional penitentiary
14.06.2022 #FreeViasna: Weekly news digest on Viasna’s imprisoned human rights defenders
Latest news about imprisoned Viasna members from June 6 to 12
09.06.2022 Seven more political prisoners in Belarus
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
09.06.2022 #WeStandBYyou: European MPs take godparenthood for 3 political prisoners
Members of Parliament from Switzerland and Germany adopt political prisoners Krystsina Charankova, Iryna Melkher, Anton Melkher and Dzmitry Padrez
08.06.2022 HRDs demand release of 10 new political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
08.06.2022 RFE/RL journalist Andrei Kuznechyk sentenced to 6 years
Freelance journalist found guilty of ‘creation of an extremist formation’ (Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code) in closed-door trial
08.06.2022 Two journalists recognized as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
07.06.2022 Sociologist Tatsiana Vadalazhskaya sentenced to 2.5 years of restricted freedom
She was released awaiting the commencement of the sentence
07.06.2022 Severe sentence for political prisoner with stage-IV cancer
Pavel Kuchynski sentenced to five years in a medium-security penal colony
07.06.2022 HRD's demand immediate review of the sentences and release of the 3 political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
06.06.2022 The trial over BelaPAN journalists starts
Minsk regional court considers the BelaPAN case, in which four political prisoners are tried
