08.05.2024 Human rights situation in Belarus. April 2024
Human rights in Belarus continue to be widely and systematically violated, and the level of repression against political opponents of the regime and dissidents remains critically high.
08.05.2024 Five MPs from Germany take on a godparenthood for political prisoners in Belarus
As part of #WeStandBYyou campaign, Christina-Johanne Schröder, Omid Nouripour, Cem Özdemir and Hanna Steinmüller (all Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) as well as Maria Noichl (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) are taking on a godparenthood for Artsiom Fedasenka, Vital Brahinets, Dzianis Varozau, Yury Tashkinau and Hanna Kandratsenka.
08.05.2024 "I'm probably just going to die here": The situation of political prisoners from vulnerable groups
Human rights activists have identified at least 254 political prisoners who are at particular risk of mistreatment while incarcerated.
07.05.2024 "The main thing is to save your health." May 21 is the Day of Political Prisoners
On May 21, Viasna calls on to express solidarity with all political prisoners and once again demand the regime to release them.
07.05.2024 At least 47 political prisoners released in April having served their sentences
Viasna recounts their cases and terms in the monthly digest.
06.05.2024 We demand the rehabilitation of 26 former political prisoners
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
06.05.2024 The pressure continues: what happened to political prisoners between April 12 and May 2
Viasna reports the latest news about political prisoners.
03.05.2024 Forced labor: how the Belarusian government does (not) comply with international obligations
We have discussed with Viasna human rights activist Aleh Matskevich what forced labor is, how its prohibition is regulated, and also analyzed what Belarus has (not) done to abolish forced labor.
02.05.2024 Seven young people detained. Some of them accused of "terrorism" and "treason against the state"
ONT released a film Children in the Crosshairs. It showed the detention of seven teenagers for "cooperation with the Ukrainian special services".
02.05.2024 Local human rights defender detained in Azerbaijan. He, like his Belarusian colleagues, is accused of "smuggling"
On April 29, Anar Mammadli, the head of the Center for Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies (EMDS) and a member of Human Rights House, was detained.
30.04.2024 The case of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's analysts has been sent to the Supreme Court
According to the case materials, all 20 analysts are accused of committing crimes of an extremist nature in connection with the campaign for the presidential elections, as well as in the post-electoral period.
30.04.2024 "They are trying to do everything to wipe the smile off your face forever"
A former political prisoner told Viasna about the naked search, voting in the elections in Žodzina prison, and the move from Valadarka to Kaliadzičy.
30.04.2024 Ukrainians, Poles, Russians: which foreign citizens are in Belarusian prisons for political reasons
Viasna reports which foreign citizens are being persecuted in Belarus for political reasons.
29.04.2024 The Chernobyl Way in Warsaw
Belarusians paid tribute to the victims of the Chernobyl accident and protested against Lukashenka's nuclear policy.
29.04.2024 From an hour of mourning and silence to 35 years of processions. How the Chernobyl Way began
Since then, the Chernobyl Way has always been a reason for repression from the authorities.
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