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246 people detained in Belarus in June 2021
According to the Viasna Human Rights Center, at least 246 people were detained in Belarus for participating in peaceful protests and for displaying white-red-white symbols, including on private premises, in…
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Media manager Andrei Aliaksandrau faces up to 15 years in prison
A journalist and media manager Andrei Aliaksandrau was charged with state treason, which could lead to 7 to 15 years in prison.
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Viktar Babaryka gives his final statement in court
In his final statement, Viktar Babaryka stressed that he had not committed any crimes and that he was not ashamed to look into the eyes of his relatives and the…
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Trial of Siarhei Tsikhanouski and other prominent opposition figures
A closed trial of Siarhei Tsikhanouski, Mikola Statkevich, Ihar Losik, Uladzimir Tsyhanovich, Dzmitry Papou, and Artsiom Sakau has begun in Homel.
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Belarusian ex-presidential candidate Viktar Babaryka already spent 1 year in prison
Former head of Belgazprombank Viktar Babaryka was a popular potential candidate for the 2020 election campaign, but he was not allowed to participate in the election.
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Serving time in open prison is tantamount to slavery
One of the political prisoners spoke about life in the conditions of an open prison.
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Political prisoners forced to sign blank sheets of paper
Vitaliya Bandarenka, a 19-year-old political prisoner held in the pre-trial detention center No. 7 in Brest, was forced to sign five blank sheets of paper.
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Former prisoner in penal colony where political prisoner Vitold Ashurak died speaks about horrors happening there
A former prisoner of the Shklou penal colony No. 17, where political prisoner Vitold Ashurak was killed, spoke about the horror happening there.
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Political prisoner Stsiapan Latypau sent for psychiatric examination
The judge and prosecutor decided to send Stsiapan for a forensic psychiatric examination, although such an examination had already been carried out.
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“You will be punished for everything you’ve done!” 5 years in prison for volunteers of Babaryka’s electoral headquarters
The volunteers of ex-presidential candidate Viktar Babaryka's headquarters and political prisoners Ihar Yarmolau, Mikola Saseu, Uladzislau Karetski, and Dzmitry Kanapelka have received five years in a medium-security penal colony today.