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Maria Kalesnikava admitted to intensive care
Political prisoner Maria Kalesnikava was taken to a hospital with a surgical condition and underwent surgery on November 28, according to the Telegram account of the opposition politician Viktar Babaryka.…
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Maria Kalesnikava is in solitary confinement
It is unknown when and for how long she was placed there. The fact of Maria Kalesnikava's placement in solitary confinement, also known as punishment cell, came to light on…
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Ales Bialiatski: What will happen to Belarus?
November 25 marks the 500th day of the human rights defender Ales Bialiatski's imprisonment. On this day, Libereco, a German-Swiss human rights NGO, will hold events in Zürich and The…
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Young artist from Minsk sentenced to 4 years in prison
A 20-year-old artist from Minsk Andrei Raptunovich was sentenced to four years of imprisonment for his intention to join the Kastus Kalinouski Regiment, which fights on the Ukrainian side, and…
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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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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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114 people sentenced to 425 years of imprisonment in October alone
At least 114 people were convicted in politically motivated criminal cases in Belarus in October 2022, reports the Viasna Human Rights Center.
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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.