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In 2023, 62 organizations were labeled “extremist”, 11 of them are media outlets
Currently, there are 169 “extremist formations” in Belarus, 62 of them were put on the list in 2023. Viasna reports the organizations that were recognized as “extremist formations” in 2023…
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Political prisoners of Belarus in 2023. Infographics
Repressions have continued in Belarus for over three and a half years since the start of the 2020 election campaign. At least 1,430 political prisoners are currently in custody. Viasna…
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Torture in stress positions, beatings, unsanitary conditions: what Belarusian women face in prisons
The Human Rights Center Viasna has submitted information to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, providing details on instances of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment,…
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Five reasons why concept of human rights still works
Activists from the Human Rights Center Viasna shed light on why, in their perspective, the concept of human rights endures, what gives them strength and motivation to defend human rights,…
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Human Rights Situation in Belarus: October 2023
As of late October, 1,473 political prisoners were deprived of their liberty in Belarus. Human rights defenders continue to document arbitrary arrests, convictions, torture and other types of prohibited treatment…
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Right Livelihood organization addresses the UN: civil society nearly wiped out in Belarus
According to the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, the Right Livelihood organization made a statement during the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The statement addressed instances…