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Stsiapan Latypau sentenced to 8.5 years in prison
On 16 August 2021, political prisoner Stsyapan Latypau was sentenced to 8.5 years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony.
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Court rules TUT.BY and Zerkalo.io as extremist
On 13 August 2021, TUT.BҮ and Zerkalo.io and their social media were declared extremist at the request of the Belarusian Interior Ministry.
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Sports website Tribuna labeled extremist, its website ex-press.by blocked
The sport portal Tribuna.com and its social media and messengers have been labeled extremist.
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CNN: camp for political prisoners might have already been built near Minsk
CNN reports that a possible "camp for political prisoners" is located within an hour's drive from Minsk, near the settlement of Navakolasava.
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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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Bagpipe band detained for participating in August 2020 protests
Police detained 16 people near Minsk for participating in the August 2020 protests.
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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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Russia to extradite another political prisoner to Belarus
A Russian court allowed the extradition of Andrei Kazimirau, a participant in the August 2020 protests, to Belarus.
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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.