News on the topic: political prisoners
25.06.2024 Statement on recognition of Andrzej Yukhnevich as a political prisoner
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community.
25.06.2024 We demand the rehabilitation of 22 former political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
21.06.2024 The statement on the recognition of 17 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
20.06.2024 We demand to overturn the verdict against Leanid Sudalenka, to stop court arbitrariness and persecution of human rights defenders
Statement of the Viasna Human Rights Center
20.06.2024 The statement on the recognition of 15 people as political prisoners
Joint statement of the human rights coalition
19.06.2024 Three MPs from Finland, Germany and Italy take on godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus
As part of solidarity campaign #WeStandBYyou, Oras Tynkkynen (Vihreä liitto, Suomen eduskunta, Finland), Pina Picierno (Partito Democratico, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, European Parliament, Italy) and Sandra Bubendorfer-Licht (Freie Demokratische Partei, German Bundestag) have taken on a godparenthood for Alesia Liantsevich, Katsiaryna Kalybenka and Anastasiya Lazarenka.
18.06.2024 "The head of the colony personally beats up political prisoners." A former prisoner speaks about the Viciebsk colony
He secretly brought the contacts of his cellmates out from prison and persuaded the "activists" to work with political prisoners.
18.06.2024 The statement on the recognition of 5 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
17.06.2024 The pressure continues: what happened to political prisoners between May 23 and June 14
Viasna reports the latest news about political prisoners.
14.06.2024 The statement on the recognition of 10 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
13.06.2024 Statement on the recognition of political prisoner and journalist Alena Tsimashchuk
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
13.06.2024 "The whole cell heard how he was beaten." Ex-political prisoner on torture in Žodzina prison
Žodzina stretching and the development of fine motor skills of the hands
12.06.2024 "We are here because our hearts say so": solidarity action with political prisoner and lawyer Maksim Znak
The event was organized by the Lithuanian Bar Council, and supported by Belarusian lawyers, in order to speak about the lawlessness against their Belarusian colleague imprisoned for his professional activities.
11.06.2024 "I'm not afraid. Let them be afraid!"
On July 2, there will be the opening of an exhibition about the intertwined fates of two outstanding human rights defenders, prisoners of conscience and Nobel Peace Prize laureates Ales Bialiatski and Oleg Orlov.
07.06.2024 "The routine is organized in such a way that you can get a "violation" record at any moment." Why political prisoners do not get early release
We discuss with former political prisoners and human rights defenders, why none of the options for political prisoners to be released early work.
