Political prisoner Ales Bialiatski, the founder and head of the Viasna Human Rights Center, is spending his 60th birthday behind bars, awaiting trial.
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Human Rights Center “Viasna” is a non-governmental human rights organization created in 1996 during mass protests of the democratic opposition in Belarus.
Marfa Rabkova, a coordinator of the volunteer service of the Viasna Human Rights Center, was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment and a fine of almost $9,000 USD.
The courts have not issued a single acquittal verdict. According to the Viasna Human Rights Center, as of September 1, 2022, there were 1,326 political prisoners in Belarusian prisons.
Uladzislau Bahamolnikau, a priest of the Eastern Orthodox Church, was detained in Minsk. He was among the priests of the Russian Orthodox Church who made an appeal against Russia's war…
9 August 2020, the day when the rigged presidential election was held, has become the point of no return in the history of modern Belarus. The Viasna Human Rights Center…
In July 2022, the Viasna Human Rights Center observed a continuing trend toward politically motivated criminal prosecution of citizens. Viasna is aware of at least 76 people convicted for political…
Pavel Kuchynski, a political prisoner with stage IV cancer, was sentenced to five years in prison. He was charged with insulting Lukashenko and representatives of the authorities, as well as…
Seven criminal cases were opened in Belarus for sending information about the movement of Russian military equipment to "extremist" Telegram channels. The detainees face years of imprisonment.
Only 3% of Belarusians support the engagement of Belarusian troops in the war on the side of Russia. Petitions are one of the forms of protest commonly used by Belarusians.…
More than 600 people were arrested in Belarus before and after the referendum, mostly for anti-war protests. A former detainee told Viasna about horrifying conditions in the Zhodzina prison.