News on the topic: political prisoners
11.04.2024 Aliaksandr Kulinich, accused of insulting Lukashenka, died in the Brest pre-trial detention center
This is the sixth death of a political prisoner behind bars.
10.04.2024 Nobel laureate Bialiatski’s condition worsens after 1,000 days in Belarusian prison, his wife says
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Ales Bialiatski marked his 1,000th day in prison in Belarus on Tuesday amid increasing fears about his deteriorating health, his wife said.
09.04.2024 "What hemophilia? You shouldn't have written comments on the Internet." The story of political prisoner Aliaksei Haloukin
He told Viasna about his time in the Hrodna pre-trial detention center and Babrujsk colony No. 2, medical care, the library, and the special squad he was part of.
05.04.2024 At least 32 political prisoners were released in March having served their term
What political prisoners served their sentences for and how many of them were held in places of captivity, Viasna recalls their cases.
05.04.2024 The statement on the recognition of 13 people as political prisoners
Statement by the human rights community of Belarus
02.04.2024 Four Scottish Ministers become godparents for political prisoners in Belarus
As part of #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, four Scottish MPs of the Scottish National Party Christina McKelvie, Angus Robertson, Neil Gray and Emma Roddick take on a godparenthood for Natallia Dulina, Eduard Babaryka, Siarhei Vaitsiuk and Volha Tserakh.
01.04.2024 The pressure continues: what happened to political prisoners between March 12 and 27
Viasna reports the latest news about political prisoners.
28.03.2024 HRDs demand rehabilitation of 46 convicted participants of peaceful assemblies
Joint statement of the Belarusian human rights community
28.03.2024 Seven more persons recognized as political prisoners in Belarus
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
27.03.2024 German MP becomes godparent for Ales Bialiatski
As part of our #WeStandBYyou solidarity campaign, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (German Bundestag, FDP) has taken on the god-parenthood of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski.
25.03.2024 Statement on recognizing Ihar Karnei as political prisoner
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
24.03.2024 Human rights organizations demand rehabilitation of 20 former political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
20.03.2024 Human rights community declares eight more persons political prisoners
Statement by the Belarusian human rights community
19.03.2024 Catholic believer sentenced to three years in a penal colony in Minsk
On March 14, the Minsk City Court sentenced Catholic believer Uladzislau Beladzed.
14.03.2024 "It should have been a restriction of freedom, not a deprivation." How political prisoners live in open-type correctional institutions
Sending geolocation every two hours. Video calls with the inspector twice a day.
