News on the topic: political prisoners
06.06.2024 The statement on the recognition of 9 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
05.06.2024 Stories of teenage political prisoners of Belarus who were deprived of their freedom
Viasna reports how the Belarusian authorities persecute children for political reasons, and why the children were imprisoned.
04.06.2024 Amnesty 2024: in honor of the liberation of Belarus without the release of political prisoners
Since Belarus asserted its independence, more than a dozen amnesty laws have been adopted. This usually happens in connection with the state celebration of some anniversary.
03.06.2024 At least 28 political prisoners released in May having served their sentences
Viasna recounts their cases and terms in the monthly digest.
03.06.2024 We demand the rehabilitation of 29 former political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
30.05.2024 At least 5,133 convicted in criminal cases: four years of persecution in numbers
Today, Viasna reports the numbers reflecting the four years of unprecedented brutal mass persecution in the country.
29.05.2024 Four years since the day of mass detentions in Hrodna: what happened to the defendants in the Tsikhanouski case
Those events on a square in Hrodna on May 29, 2020, can be called the beginning of mass persecution in Belarus, which continue to this time.
29.05.2024 The statement on the recognition of 9 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
27.05.2024 "Return to the here and now": how Belarusians who suffered from persecution cope with mental problems
Viasna continues to publish stories where victims of political repression give advice and speak about the things that helped them cope with mental disorders.
27.05.2024 The statement on the recognition of 6 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
24.05.2024 The statement on the recognition of 11 people as political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
23.05.2024 Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners of Belarus: demonstrations held all over the world
Viasna reports how Belarusians expressed solidarity with those who are now behind bars and with those who will not return from there.
22.05.2024 Former political prisoner Piotr Marchanka: "Healthcare in prison is always a hopeless case"
Former political prisoner and musician Piotr Marchanka recalled how the whole cell fell ill at once in a pre-trial detention center, but a doctor was not called.
22.05.2024 The statement on the recognition of 20 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
21.05.2024 May 21 is the third anniversary of the death of political prisoner activist Vitold Ashurak
Viasna human rights activist Pavel Sapelka comments on the current government of Belarus not investigating the death of Vitold Ashurak and other political prisoners.
