Repression
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Belarusians ask China to help release political prisoners in Belarus
Participants of the “Ultimatum to Lukashenka” held a rally near the Chinese embassy in Warsaw.
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Human rights activists: political prisoners are tortured with cold in the Navapolatsk colony
The administration of the Navapolatsk colony continues to put pressure on political prisoners, according to the Human Rights Center “Viasna”.
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Almost a thousand people were detained in Belarus in the first quarter of 2024 for political reasons
The situation of human rights violations in Belarus remains catastrophic. Human rights organisation “Viasna” has calculated the number of “political” detentions in the first quarter of 2024.
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In Warsaw and Bialystok the political prisoner journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been remembered
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski promises to continue trying to free journalist and activist of the Polish minority in Belarus Andrzej Poczobut from the Lukashenka’s prison. A solidarity rally with a political prisoner was held in Bialystok on April 25.
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The apartment of a political prisoner – a human rights activist was sold at an auction in Minsk
An apartment in Minsk of a political prisoner – a human rights activist Uladzimir Labkovich was sold at auction.
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The G7 countries demanded the release of Belarusian political prisoners
The results of the meetings with the participants of the summit of the foreign ministers of the G7 countries were shared by the democratic leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
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Another death of a political prisoner in the prisons of Lukashenka
Reserve lieutenant colonel Aliaksandr Kulinich, accused of insulting Lukashenka, died in the Brest pre-trial detention center. At the same time the health condition of the political prisoner, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, deteriorated sharply.
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An ex-vice-rector of a study institute was prosecuted for money transfers to political prisoners
The Department of the Investigative Committee for the Brest region has completed the investigation of a criminal case against a 63-year-old resident of Brest.
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Collectors of evidence of the Lukashenko regime’s crimes received the prize in Austria
The International Accountability Platform for Belarus (IAPB) has received a human rights award from the Austrian University of Graz.
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The persecution of the already closed Union of Poles of Belarus continues in Belarus
The KGB recognized the site as an “extremist formation” Znadniemna.pl.