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Andrzej Poczobut awarded medal “For Freedom of Speech”
The Grand Press Foundation in Gdańsk has awarded Andrzej Poczobut, journalist and activist of the Union of Poles in Belarus, with a prestigious media prize.
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Poster with portraits of Belarusian political prisoners expands to 15 square meters
Belarusians of Germany have compiled portraits of political prisoners in Belarus into one poster. The poster size has reached 15 square meters.
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Mass political repression continues in Belarus
The illegitimate regime continues with the trials of dissidents. Four more people were recognized as political prisoners. As of now, there are already 649 prisoners of conscience in Belarus.
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International Committee for Investigation of Torture in Belarus presents its 5th report
The detected crimes are classified as crimes against humanity, for which the perpetrators must be punished.
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Trial of Maria Kalesnikava and Maksim Znak begins
The trial of Kalesnikava and Znak, representatives of the ex-presidential candidate Babaryka's team, has begun in Minsk.
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Kalesnikava unsuccessfully pressured into giving interview to state TV channel
Political prisoner Maria Kalesnikava was offered an opportunity to speak on a national state TV channel with a repentant interview.
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More than 100 people convicted on political charges in July
According to the Viasna Human Rights Center, at least 107 people were convicted under “protest” criminal articles in Belarus in July.
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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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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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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.