07.04.2021 Human rights groups insist on release and retrials for 15 more political prisoners
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
07.04.2021 Stop persecution of human rights activists Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorskaya and Enira Branitskaya
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
06.04.2021 Artist Ales Pushkin is a political prisoner
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
02.04.2021 Human Rights Situation in Belarus: March 2021
The authorities continued to actively prosecute individuals for political reasons. There were 325 political prisoners, as of the end of March, and their number continues to increase.
01.04.2021 Sisters sentenced to prison terms in political trial
Judge Aliaksandr Volk of the Saviecki District Court of Minsk has sentenced Anastasiya and Viktoryia Mirontsava, both political prisoners, to two and two and a half years in prison, respectively, finding the sisters guilty of “breaching public order” (Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code) and “using violence against police officers” (Part 1 of Art. 363).
31.03.2021 Arrested Polish minority activists are political prisoners
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
29.03.2021 20 new names on list of political prisoners
Joint statement by the human rights organizations of Belarus
27.03.2021 Ongoing harassment of Viasna members
The authorities continue to summon and interrogate human rights defenders and journalists as part of a criminal investigation dubbed “The Viasna Case”. Over the past week, a dozen more activists have been questioned as witnesses in the case alleging Viasna’s involvement in the financing of the post-election protests.
26.03.2021 Over 200 detained on Freedom Day
More than two hundred people were detained yesterday across the country, the Interior Ministry said in its official Telegram channel. Viasna knows the names of 172 protesters arrested in various cities, including 110 in Minsk.
25.03.2021 Three new political prisoners in Belarus
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community
24.03.2021 Journalist Dzianis Ivashyn is political prisoner
Joint statement of Belarusian human rights organizations
24.03.2021 Political prisoner Dzmitry Kubarau sentenced to 7 years on ‘rioting’ charges
The Frunzienski District Court of Minsk handed down a verdict in the criminal case of political prisoner Dzmitry Kubarau, who was accused of organizing mass riots (Part 1 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code).
24.03.2021 HRDs launch International Accountability Platform for Belarus
New international accountability platform will contribute to the efforts aimed at ensuring accountability for serious human rights violations in Belarus
23.03.2021 Human rights groups insist on release and retrials for 10 more political prisoners
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
22.03.2021 Freedom for political prisoners Volha Zavadskaya and Mikhail Berkas!
Joint statement of Belarusian human rights organizations
