Ihar Losik, a Belarusian journalist and political prisoner, attempted suicide in a penal colony. He has been on hunger strike for a long time while in solitary confinement in the Navapolatsk penal colony and then cut his hands and neck. Ihar is alive and is...
On International Women’s Day, the Viasna Human Rights Center tells how and why Lukashenko’s regime persecutes Belarusian women. In 2020, the majority of the Belarusian people voted for Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in the presidential election – contrary to the...
Today, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya started her working visit to London. She visited the Foreign Office, where she met with Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and Europe Minister Leo Docherty. The following issues were discussed during the meeting: Repressions in...
15-year-old brother of the admin of the Community of Railway Workers of Belarus is still held hostage by Lukashenka’s KGB. The boy was sent to the pre-trial detention center on Valadarskaha street in Minsk, he is charged under a criminal case with a possible...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) estimates that some 200,000 to 500,000 Belarusians were forced to flee the country due to political repression following the 2020 presidential election. Most of them wish to return to a...
The Viasna Human Rights Center tells why law enforcement agencies prosecute Belarusians returning home from abroad, what kinds of sentences the detainees receive, and what conditions people who’d like to return to Belarus need to meet. According to Viasna,...
Belsat.eu collected and analyzed all available figures related to criminal and administrative persecution of Belarusians over the past 2.5 years. After the suppression of the mass protests of 2020, the intensity of politically motivated...
Belarusian Vital Melnik, recognized as a political prisoner, was sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security penal colony and property confiscation. In addition, he has to pay a fine of about $3,800 USD. Vital Melnik, 40, was accused of setting fire to a...
According to the Viasna Human Rights Center, at least 354 Belarusians were detained in November 2022 for protesting against the dictatorship and war in Ukraine. This means 11 people were detained every day. Arrests, trials, beatings, and torture take place...
On November 24, the European Parliament voted on a resolution condemning the repression of the democratic opposition and civil society in Belarus and Belarus’ active involvement in the Russian aggression against Ukraine. The resolution endorses the...
