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Maria Kalesnikava transferred to penal colony
Prominent Belarusian opposition activist Maria Kalesnikava has been transferred to a women's penal colony near Homel. She was sentenced to 11 years in prison on unsubstantiated charges in September 2021.
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Cuban deported from Belarus manages to get to Lithuania
Cuban expat Roberto Valdes Casanueva spent more than a year awaiting deportation in the Akrestsina detention center for participation in the peaceful protests. On 10 December 2021, he was deported…
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Human rights situation in Belarus in 2021
In 2021 the number of political prisoners increased by 800 people. Human rights activists recorded 1,285 convictions in politically motivated criminal trials. However, this is only a small part of…
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Political prisoner Dzmitry Dudoits committed suicide
Political prisoner Dzmitry Dudoits committed suicide in Mahiliou. He was sentenced to two years of open prison.
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Tatsiana Batura: 46 days in jail, hunger strike, solitary confinement, and father’s death
Political prisoner Tatsiana Batura, who spent 46 days in the Akrestsina detention center, was allowed to attend her father's funeral. She was able to leave the country afterwards.
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Draconian sentences in “anarchists’ case”
Activists of the Belarusian anarchist movement Ihar Alinevich, Siarhei Ramanau, Dzmitry Dubouski, and Dzmitry Rezanovich were sentenced to exceptionally long jail terms ranging from 18 to 20 years in medium-…
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Raman Pratasevich’s girlfriend files petition for pardon
Russian national Sofia Sapega, who had been detained along with her boyfriend, journalist Raman Pratasevich after the forced landing of a Ryanair plane in Minsk, submitted a petition for a…
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Harsh sentences of up to 18 years behind bars in “Tsikhanouski case”
Siarhei Tsikhanouski was sentenced to 18 years in prison. EU and US politicians have strongly condemned the politically motivated prison sentences.
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Detentions in Belarus spread to multinational companies
Several employees of Belarusian subsidiaries of multinational companies have been recently detained by Belarus authorities. They were forced to appear in "confessional" videos and apologize for their "dissent".
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Talented student sentenced to 5 years in prison
Artsiom Bayarski, a 20-year-old political prisoner from Hrodna, was sentenced to five years behind bars on charges of leading an "extremist group".