Repression
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11 people were convicted at once for participating in protests in Brest
On September 12, a mass verdict was handed down in the Brest district court for allegedly active participation in actions grossly violating public order.
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At least 16 women are being tried in Belarus for solidarity with political prisoners
For four months now, trials of women who were detained during the January KGB raid for solidarity with political prisoners have been taking place in Belarus.
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Almost 4.5 thousand people were included in the “List of extremists” in Belarus
According to the “List of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens or stateless persons involved in extremist activities”, which is published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus, it contains the names of almost four and a half thousand people.
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Belarusian academicians living abroad want to be stripped of their titles
Belarusian academicians and corresponding members who “permanently live abroad and (or) conduct activities directed against the Republic of Belarus and the Academy of Sciences of Belarus” want to be stripped of their titles.
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A critically high level of repression remains in Belarus
Human rights defenders from the Human rights center “Viasna” prepared an overview of the human rights situation in Belarus in August.
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An activist of the Belarusian diaspora in Moscow has been arrested in Belarus
The man came from the Russian capital to Belarus, where he was arrested.
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Belarus is among the regimes restricting the travel of its critics
According to the international human rights organization Freedom House, 55 regimes in the world use travel restrictions for their opponents.
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A girl came from Poland to Belarus to attend the funeral of a loved one and was detained for donations
Brest resident Natalia actively supported civil society in 2020 and made a donation to the Bysol Solidarity Fund. Later, the girl went to Poland with her husband to study and forgot about this transfer.
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A Grodna journalist living in Bialystok is sentenced to prison in absentia by the Lukashenka’s court
On August 19, the Grodno Regional Court announced in absentia the verdict of journalist and human rights defender Uladzimir Khilmanovich in a criminal case.
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The Belarusian authorities have declared an interstate search for investigative journalists
Members of the editorial office “Bureau” have been put on the criminal wanted list in Belarus and Russia.
