political persecution in Belarus
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Minsk residents detained for white sheets of paper on windows
Minsk residents received from 13 to 28 days of detention for white paper sheets on their windows.
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Political prisoners are denied medical care in Belarusian prisons
The leader of the Belarusian National Front party Ryhor Kastusiou needs urgent hospital care. He might have cancer.
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Political analyst Valeryia Kastsiuhova faces up to 12 years in prison
Belarusian political scientist Valeryia Kastsiuhova has been charged with conspiracy to seize the power. She faces 12 years in prison.
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Offender detention center on Akrestsina Street is Auschwitz of 21st century
Dzianis Urbanovich describes conditions in the Akrestsina offender detention center as genocide: any person who gets there is “simply destroyed”.
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“Black Week” for Belarusian NGOs
The Belarusian authorities have initiated liquidation of more than 40 human rights and non-governmental organizations.
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9 years in prison for “intent” to cause damage to 3 kiosks
“Radical” chats' participants were sentenced in Minsk. They will be imprisoned for five to nine years in a medium-security correctional facility.
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Sunday events in support of political prisoners in Belarus
On Sunday, rallies of solidarity with political prisoners and detained human rights activists from the Viasna Human Rights Centre were held in various countries.
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Crackdown on media and civil society continues in Belarus
On the morning of 16 July, security officials again searched journalists and human rights activists in Minsk, Pinsk, Brest, Ivatsevichy, Homel, Rechytsa, and Hrodna.
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Detentions of independent media journalists continue
Editorial offices and homes of employees of independent media in Brest, Homel, and Mahiliou have been searched, equipment confiscated.
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Volunteers who helped political prisoners with food face prison time
Repressions against civil society activists continue in Belarus. This time, the target is volunteers who collected and distributed food aid for political prisoners.