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Family ties from behind bars: Imprisoned Belarusian families
As of December 28, 2022, there are more than 1,400 political prisoners in Belarus. The Viasna Human Rights Center continues telling the stories of people who ended up in prison…
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“Welcome to Gestapo”: How political prisoners were tortured in Belarus in 2022
The Viasna human rights defenders continue documenting all cases of torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment with the belief that the perpetrators will eventually be brought to justice, and…
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Belarusian ex-investigator sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment
Yauhen Yushkevich, a former investigator and founder of the ByChange project aimed at retraining dismissed security forces officers and civil servants, was convicted on December 26.
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Brest resident convicted for wanting to become volunteer fighter in Ukraine
A state television channel aired a segment about the first Belarusian who had been convicted for wanting to join Ukraine's fight against Russian aggression. Eight Belarusians have already been convicted…
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Death of Vitold Ashurak: What prison walls hide
Former political prisoners Viktar and Siarhei, who served time in Shklou, managed to obtain information about Vitold Ashurak's death in the penal colony and are now sharing it.
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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…