During the 1,000 days of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, at least 200 people were convicted in criminal cases for solidarity with Ukraine, the Human rights center “Viasna” reports. Belarusians were awarded from 1 to 25 years of restriction or imprisonment, some were prescribed compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital.
Human rights activists state that the regime openly persecutes Belarusians for their anti-war position and support for Ukraine. At least 1,671 Belarusians were detained for demonstrating an anti-war position.
The detainees were “tortured, held in inhumane conditions, fined or sentenced to a day, as well as long prison terms.”
