Human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka commented on a statement by propagandist Ihar Tur on the ONT television channel claiming that…
Diplomatic adviser to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Dzianis Kuchynski, visited Paris, where he held a series of meetings with senior representatives of…
US President Donald Trump’s special envoy John Coale has responded to remarks by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya that, according to available information,…
On the International Day of Solidarity with Belarusian Political Prisoners, more than 40 governments, parliamentarians, diplomats, international organizations and representatives…
On May 21, a Mass was held at the Church of the Resurrection in Rome to mark the International Day…
On the Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, observed on 21 May, the Viasna Human Rights Centre published updated data…
The Third Congress on Political Prisoners in Belarus, #WithoutJustCause, will take place in Vilnius on May 21–22. Chief adviser to…
The EU Special Representative for Human Rights, Kaja Ollongren, said she would spend the five days leading up to the…
Former political prisoner Siarhei Sparysh, released on Sept. 11, 2025, with U.S. assistance, appealed to U.S. presidential envoy John Coale…
The Mahiliou Regional Court has sentenced public activist Mikalai Vitkouski from Naroulia, Homielskaya Viasna reported. He was found guilty of…
Former Malady Front activist Yauhen Skachko, sentenced to three years in prison, is to be transferred from the Homiel pre-trial…
The United Transitional Cabinet welcomed the release of journalist and representative of the Polish minority in Belarus Andrzej Poczobut, according…
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, speaking at the 5th Conference of Belarusians Worldwide in Warsaw, outlined expectations for the upcoming visit of US…
The Viasna Human Rights Centre reported that a criminal case has been opened against 70-year-old human rights defender from Mazyr…
Former political prisoner and activist of the Union of Poles in Belarus Anzhalika Borys told LRT about her meeting with…
At its 57th session today, the Polish Senate unanimously adopted a resolution marking the fifth anniversary of the detention of…
Mikhail Lapunou, the father of expelled former political prisoner Mikita Zalatarou, has been sentenced to five years in a medium-security…
A coalition of Belarusian human rights organizations has issued a statement regarding the cancellation of passports belonging to former political…
U.S. presidential envoy for Belarus John Coale spoke at the CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) 2026 in Dallas, outlining backchannel…
In Belarus, 12 more people have been recognized as political prisoners, the human rights center Viasna reports. Among them is…
Political prisoner Stsiapan Latypau has attempted suicide for the third time, the human rights center Viasna reports. According to human…
Released Belarusian political prisoners — journalist Katsiaryna Andreyeva and human rights defenders Valiantsin Stefanovich and Nasta Loika — applied today…
According to the human rights centre Viasna, following the release of 250 political prisoners, their total number in Belarus has…
The initiative Dissidentby has commented on reports circulating in the media about alleged restrictions imposed on pardoned political prisoners who…
Belarusian political prisoners have arrived in Vilnius. Earlier it was reported that 15 people would be brought to Lithuania. Among…
The human rights centre Viasna reports that some pardoned political prisoners have not yet been released. According to the organisation,…
Dzianis Kuchynski, head of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Office in Lithuania, said that 15 released Belarusian political prisoners are arriving in Lithuania…
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya commented on the release of another group of Belarusian political prisoners, thanking US President Donald Trump, his special…
Several former political prisoners who were released and forcibly expelled from Belarus have begun receiving draft notices from military enlistment…
Eleven more people have been recognized as political prisoners in Belarus, the Human Rights Center Viasna reported. They are Dzmitry…
Alyaksandr Lukashenka spoke about negotiations with the United States during which the issue of releasing political prisoners is being discussed.…
At the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Belarus’s permanent representative to international organizations Larisa Bielskaya…