News on the topic: political prisoners
12.08.2024 Beatings, threats, inhuman conditions: what tortures Belarusians most often tell about. Statistics
The repression of Belarusian men and women who oppose the Lukashenka regime continues for the fourth year in a row.
07.08.2024 Political prisoner list in Belarus expanded by 10 names
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
01.08.2024 At least 43 political prisoners released in July, 18 of them amnestied and pardoned
What political prisoners served their sentences for and how many of them were held in places of captivity, Viasna recalls their cases.
31.07.2024 The statement on the recognition of six people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
31.07.2024 Belarusian political prisoners in high-security prisons: pressure intensifies
Viasna reports how the administration of the colonies punishes political prisoners and which of the political prisoners are recognized as "malicious violators of the order."
30.07.2024 The statement on the recognition of 12 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
26.07.2024 Statement by the human rights community of Belarus on the recognition of seven political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
25.07.2024 Statement on recognition of 13 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
23.07.2024 "Such a diagnosis in Palina's conditions is like a death sentence." Political prisoner Sharenda-Panasiuk was diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis
Recently, Palina's relatives received an official response from the administration of the women's colony No. 24, which indicated that the woman was diagnosed with "moderate chronic pancreatitis."
22.07.2024 "They spread my legs wide and kicked them." A former political prisoner spoke about colony No. 17 and the persecution after his release
Henadz told Viasna about cold torture and beatings in the Škloŭ colony, about the persecution after his release, and about community service in Belarus.
19.07.2024 UN finds Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski’s detention in Belarus violates international law, demands his immediate and unconditional release
Also the UN Working Group urged to accord the human rights defender an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations, in accordance with international law.
19.07.2024 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Viasna demanded the release of their colleagues
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) and Viasna Human Rights Center issued a joint statement on the third anniversary of the detention of Viasna members.
17.07.2024 The pressure continues: what happened to political prisoners between June 19 and July 16
Viasna reports the latest news about political prisoners.
16.07.2024 More than half of those convicted in June in political criminal cases were punished for participating in 2020 protests
According to preliminary data, at least 146 people were convicted in June.
16.07.2024 Three new godparents from Switzerland and the Czech Republic for political prisoners in Belarus
As part of #WeStandBYyou campaign, Beat Flach (Grünliberale Partei, Switzerland), Olga Richterová (Česká pirátská strana, Czech Republic) and Michael Töngi (GRÜNE, Switzerland) are taking on godparenthood for Artsiom Karatkevich, Katsiaryna Brukhanava and Ruslan Zavadzich.
