22.03.2024 Journalist Andrei Tolchyn receives prison sentence
On 21 March, the Homieĺ Regional Court sentenced political prisoner and freelance journalist Andrei Tolchyn on charges of “promoting extremist activities”.
21.03.2024 Human Rights House Foundation urges to establish investigative mechanism on Belarus
Such mechanism is critical to continue the work of documenting serious human rights violations, identifying perpetrators, and paving the way for accountability
20.03.2024 Human rights defender Aliaksandr Vaitseshyk detained in Baranavičy during house raid
The police released a video of the raid on his home, which shows him lying on the floor during the arrest.
20.03.2024 Human rights community declares eight more persons political prisoners
Statement by the Belarusian human rights community
11.03.2024 More than 8,000 women have been persecuted in Belarus. Infographics about repression against women
Viasna writes about repression against women using infographics.
07.03.2024 Human rights situation in Belarus. February 2024
The human rights situation in Belarus remains critical. The regime continues to repress political opponents and dissidents.
04.03.2024 Elections*2024. Preliminary analytical report on the results of monitoring the elections of deputies on a single voting day on February 25, 2024
The expert elections*2024 observation mission was organized by the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Viasna Human Rights Center as part of the "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections" campaign. The mission collects and analyzes information about the election campaign based on open sources and messages from voters from Belarus.
03.03.2024 36 human rights organizations around the world demanded the release of imprisoned Viasna members
One year after the unjust verdict against human rights defenders Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovic and Uladzimir Labkovich, the Observatory and the undersigned organizations call for their immediate and unconditional release
27.02.2024 Elections*2024. Analytical report on the results of monitoring the election campaigning
The expert elections*2024 observation mission was organized by the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Viasna Human Rights Center as part of the "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections" campaign. The mission collects and analyzes information about the election campaign based on open sources and messages from voters from Belarus.
21.02.2024 Statement of the Belarusian human rights community on the death of political prisoner Ihar Lednik
Statement of the Belarusian human rights community on the death of political prisoner Ihar Lednik
20.02.2024 Political prisoner Ihar Lednik died. He had health problems
The political prisoner had a group II disability due to heart problems.
09.02.2024 Elections*2024. Analytical report on the results of monitoring the nomination and registration of candidates
The expert election*2024 observation mission was organized by the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Viasna Human Rights Center as part of the "Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections" campaign. The mission collects and analyzes information about the election campaign based on open sources and messages from voters from Belarus.
06.02.2024 Human rights situation in Belarus. January 2024
The repressive policies of the Belarusian authorities have not changed, and the atmosphere of fear continues to prevail in the country.
01.02.2024 "What was broken in the punishment cell heals the way it is": former political prisoner speaks of the conditions in PC-1
The man heard the screams of political prisoners being beaten, treated himself using books from the library, and ate gruel in a punishment cell, while snowflakes fell into his plate from the window open for several days in a row.
23.01.2024 KGB officers come en masse to relatives of political prisoners and former political prisoners
On January 20-23, 2024, Viasna human rights center collects facts of political persecution of Belarusians.
