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Belarusian courts use Soviet-style punitive psychiatry to isolate dissidents
Three days before his release, political prisoner, Yury Kavaliou was convicted again for "disobedience to the penal colony administration" and sentenced to compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital.
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Repression at National Academy of Sciences: scientists give lectures to one another in prison
Security forces detained at least 44 scientists during a "raid" on the National Academy of Sciences in early November. Criminal cases were launched against some of them. Now all the…
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Political prisoner Kseniya Lutskina receives no medical care in prison
The father of journalist Kseniya Lutskina, who had been sentenced to eight years of imprisonment, told the Narodnaya Volya newspaper that her health had deteriorated significantly: her asthma had flared…
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2 years passed since Raman Bandarenka’s death. Who was held accountable for it?
Raman Bandarenka was abducted from the Square of Changes and beaten up by security officers on November 11, 2020. He succumbed to his injuries at the hospital the next day.…
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6 defendants in “Tsikhanouski case” are to pay 8.5 million euros to policemen
The six people convicted in the so-called "Tsikhanouski case" will have to pay police officers 22 million Belarusian rubles (about 8,450,000 euros) "for overtime duty during the post-election protests". The…
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Maria Kalesnikava becomes honorary professor of Mozarteum University Salzburg
Maria Kalesnikava, a flutist and one of the Belarusian opposition leaders sentenced to 11 years in prison, became an honorary professor of Mozarteum University in Salzburg.
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Number of “extremists” in Belarus increased almost threefold in October 2022
The Viasna Human Rights Center reports that the human rights crisis in Belarus is deepening. In October 2022, 72 more people were recognized as political prisoners in the country, and…
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Darya Losik detained for an interview with Belsat TV
Darya Losik, the wife of political prisoner Ihar Losik, was detained after police had searched her apartment in the early morning hours of October 18. Pro-regime channels reported that Darya…
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12 people in “Autukhovich case” sentenced to 197 years in prison
Political prisoner Mikalai Autukhovich was sentenced to 25 years in prison. This is an unprecedentedly harsh sentence in a politically motivated case in Belarus. Along with Autukhovich, 11 more people…
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Repression is escalating: 114 people convicted in politically motivated cases in Belarus in September 2022
At least 114 people were convicted in politically motivated cases in Belarus in September 2022, 79 of them were sent to prison.