political prisoners in Belarus
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Human Rights Situation in Belarus: October 2023
As of late October, 1,473 political prisoners were deprived of their liberty in Belarus. Human rights defenders continue to document arbitrary arrests, convictions, torture and other types of prohibited treatment…
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Tor Band musicians sentenced to 9 years in prison
Members of the Belarusian rock group Tor Band, whose songs became a symbol of the protest movement in 2020, were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 7.5 to 9…
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Black Book of Belarus: What happened to detainees
A regime's spy infiltrated the Black Book of Belarus Telegram channel almost from the very beginning. The authorities sent at least 32 people to prison through his help. Malanka Media…
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NGOs continue distributing funds to help Belarusian political prisoners and their families
On July 29, independent Belarusian media came together for a 12-hour online solidarity marathon, aimed at raising funds for political prisoners and their families. After deducting the transaction fee, the…
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Boris Johnson stands for freedom of Siarhei Tsikhanouski and freedom of Belarus
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson recorded an appeal on X in support of the campaign organized by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in an attempt to obtain information from the authorities regarding…
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Right Livelihood organization addresses the UN: civil society nearly wiped out in Belarus
According to the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, the Right Livelihood organization made a statement during the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The statement addressed instances…
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Nobel laureates Narges Mohammadi and Ales Bialiatski: uncanny parallels
Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. The parallels between the biographies of Narges Mohammadi and Ales Bialiatski, who won the Nobel Peace Prize…
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Minsk Forum in Warsaw: discussions on war and gender equality
Since 1997, the German-Belarusian Society has hosted the Minsk Forum in the Belarusian capital. This year, the Minsk Forum began in Vilnius, followed by a meeting in Warsaw and upcoming…
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“Zeltsar case” two years later: What happened to detainees?
On September 28, 2021, in Minsk, as a result of a forceful entry of siloviki into the residence of an EPAM programmer, the apartment owner and a KGB officer were…
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Thousands of criminal cases: three years after rigged presidential election
Three years ago, on August 9, 2020, yet another presidential election was rigged in Belarus. Malanka Media talks about three years of unprecedented repression using numerical data.