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Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski sentenced to 10 years in prison
For the first time in history, a Nobel laureate was convicted after having been awarded the Nobel Prize. Belarusian human rights organizations issued a statement of protest where they called…
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Ales Bialiatski’s Nobel speech: “Today the entirety of Belarus is in prison”
The human rights activist Ales Bialiatski was unable to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in person because he has been imprisoned by the Belarusian regime for 17 months. On December…
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Viasna receives Human Rights Tulip prize
On December 8, 2022, the Human Rights Tulip award ceremony was held in The Hague. The Viasna Human Rights Center has won the prize this year.
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“One can’t endure such conditions. He will die”: Repeated arrests and torture in Belarus
This has been a common practice in Belarus for more than a year now: after a person is sentenced to a few days of administrative detention, they are repeatedly detained…
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Head of Belarusian Red Cross promotes homophobia
Belarusian human rights activists sent appeals to the Red Cross organizations in connection with the statements made by the Secretary General of the Belarusian Red Cross Society Dzmitry Shautsou. Doctor…
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Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski wins Nobel Peace Prize
Ales Bialiatski, the founder and head of the Viasna Human Rights Center, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, along with the Russian center Memorial and the Ukrainian Center for Civil…
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“This is our war for justice and memory of August 2020”
9 August 2020, the day when the rigged presidential election was held, has become the point of no return in the history of modern Belarus. The Viasna Human Rights Center…
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Prison in Zhodzina: overcrowded cells and severe abuse
More than 600 people were arrested in Belarus before and after the referendum, mostly for anti-war protests. A former detainee told Viasna about horrifying conditions in the Zhodzina prison.
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Draconian sentences in “anarchists’ case”
Activists of the Belarusian anarchist movement Ihar Alinevich, Siarhei Ramanau, Dzmitry Dubouski, and Dzmitry Rezanovich were sentenced to exceptionally long jail terms ranging from 18 to 20 years in medium-…
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Invocation of Vienna Mechanism on Belarus
Thirty-five OSCE states decided to invoke the Vienna Mechanism on Belarus due to serious human rights violations.