Belarusian authorities are putting pressure on the families of Deutsche Welle journalists
DW representatives told the BBC about this.
"It increases stigmatization." The Council of the Republic approved the law on "propaganda" and international representation
On April 2, the Council of the Republic approved the draft law On Amendments to the Codes of Administrative Responsibility.
Foundation for children with cancer facing a criminal case because its employees allegedly joined protests
This was announced on the ONT channel by the deputy head of the Department of Financial Investigations of the State Control Committee.
The regime has canceled the passport of Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski
Human rights defenders learned that the passport of the founder of the Human Rights Center Viasna and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski was voided.
"This is another crime of Lukashenka." The regime invalidates the passports of exiled political prisoners
Viasna has published all known information on the cancellation of deported political prisoners' passports.
"When it's -25°C outside, it's about 0°C in SHIZO." Conditions in penal colony No. 1
The former political prisoner told Viasna about the cold in SHIZO, where the temperature can drop to almost zero in winter, about the system of punishing political prisoners, beatings under the previous administration of the penal colony, and difficulties in obtaining medical care.
Lithuanian citizen sentenced to a long term for political reasons
Lithuanian citizen Miraslavas Trotskis went to Belarus to visit his relatives.
Meetings with Ales Bialiatski in The Hague
The focus was on the continuation of human rights activities in an environment where repression has become normalised.
BBC labeled "extremist" in Belarus
The decision concerns the entire BBC website, not just the Russian Service.
Six new names on the list of political prisoners
Joint statement by representatives of the Belarusian human rights community.
Detentions and arrests for a spring rite
A folklorist policeman was sentenced to a heavy fine for participating in a traditional ceremony.
Premiere of the documentary Bialiatski / Unbroken took place in Vilnius
This event was timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Human Rights Center Viasna.
Death penalty
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- Kyrgyzstan leader wants to return the death penalty
- Human rights activists spoke about the death penalty at the Tutaka Festival
- Amnesty International: Belarus among 46 countries that imposed death sentences in 2024
- Preface by Ales Bialiatski to the book The Death Penalty in Belarus
- Malaysian man believed at risk of execution: Pannir Selvam Pranthaman
- "The existence of the death penalty is always a litmus test of the human rights situation"
- Kurdish dissident sentenced to death in Iran: Verisheh Moradi
- Over the past 10 years, 24 death sentences have been handed down in Belarus. Review of high-profile cases
- Restriction, moratorium, abolition: How Lithuania eliminated the death penalty
- Burkina Faso plans to reinstate death penalty
- Iran: youth arrested at 17 at risk of imminent execution: Mohammad Reza Azizi
- Declaration by the youth ambassadors for the abolition of the death penalty
- Singapore moves further out of step on death penalty
- New arguments in favor of abolishing the death penalty: threats and benefits for the Lukashenka regime
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