News on the topic: detention conditions
22.08.2024 150 days in a punitive isolation cell and not a single meeting in three years. The story of a former political prisoner from Zaslaŭje
From March to June 2022, Siarhei was held in a punitive isolation cell, without bed linen, daily walks, and the possibility of buying in a prison shop.
19.08.2024 Viasna volunteer Andrei Chapiuk placed in an isolation cell a day before a meeting with his parents
The reason: "violation of the clothing regulations."
19.08.2024 "Where have you been?" Ex-political prisoner writing poetry for prison guard
"The KGB officers asked if I had contacted Viasna."
16.08.2024 "I allegedly wanted to organize a strike in the industrial zone by the first anniversary of the protests". The story of a former political prisoner
Hleb told Viasna about writing a statement of refusal to work and being accused of preparing a strike for the first anniversary of the elections at the industrial zone in Navapolack colony No. 1.
13.08.2024 "I still have a scar on my foot from the shoe." How colonies regulate women's appearance
Today in Belarus 1,253 women who are convicted in politically motivated cases. 288 of them were sentenced to imprisonment.
29.07.2024 "They came almost every night": political prisoner speaks about home confinement in Belarus
He spoke with Viasna about home confinement in Belarus and the conditions of detention in the Škloŭ colony.
24.07.2024 "Aimed at inducing convicts to plead guilty." Viasna lawyer analyzes the changes in the law on open-type correctional institutions
Viasna lawyer Pavel Sapelka analyzed the amendments to the law and explained what would change for those sentenced to open-type correctional institutions, what would be considered a "violation of the conditions of serving time", and spoke about pleading guilty, which has now become a legal condition for being considered "corrected".
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.
18.07.2024 "The restriction on the transfer of sanitary pads to women is abuse of power." Viasna lawyer comments new changes in the colonies
The law On Amendments to Criminal Liability Codes came into force in Belarus on July 12. Viasna lawyer Pavel Sapelka analyzed the new law and explained what changes await those sentenced to imprisonment.
12.07.2024 Amnesty International has called for the release of Ales Bialiatski amid reports of his deteriorating health
"The prolonged detention of Ales and his colleagues is nothing more than a blatant abuse of the criminal justice system aimed at suffocating dissent and suppressing civil society in Belarus."
11.07.2024 "In summer, it's like a greenhouse." A former prisoner spoke about the new pre-trial detention center near Minsk
A former prisoner told how the prisoners were transferred, about the conditions in the cells and the attitude of the guards in the new pre-trial detention center.
09.07.2024 "She used a rag during her period." Former prisoners spoke about the conditions in Belarusian temporary detention facilities
Viasna spoke with three former prisoners from Minsk, Viciebsk, and Homieĺ about the conditions where political prisoners are held, about medical care in temporary detention facilities, and about the attitude towards foreign citizens awaiting deportation.
02.07.2024 "It is impossible to transfer the medicines to him." What is known about Ales Bialiatski
July 14 will be the third anniversary of Ales Bialiatski, the founder of Viasna Human Rights Center, being held behind bars.
26.06.2024 "He put a plastic bag over my head and started suffocating me." On the International Day against Torture, we speak about torture in Belarus
Together with the Torture Documentation Department and DIGNITY - Danish Institute against Torture, we talk about examples of torture.
