⚡️ Lukashenko frees 23 more Belarusian political prisoners.
Nearly 1,300 prisoners remain behind bars in Belarus, Viasna Human Rights Center reported.
Nearly 1,300 prisoners remain behind bars in Belarus, Viasna Human Rights Center reported.
Lukashenko frees 23 more Belarusian political prisoners
Nearly 1,300 prisoners remain behind bars in Belarus, Viasna Human Rights Center reported.
kyivindependent.com
January 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
⚡️ Lukashenko frees 23 more Belarusian political prisoners.
Nearly 1,300 prisoners remain behind bars in Belarus, Viasna Human Rights Center reported.
Nearly 1,300 prisoners remain behind bars in Belarus, Viasna Human Rights Center reported.
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📷 Viasna. Human rights in Belarus / Facebook
📷 Viasna. Human rights in Belarus / Facebook
January 18, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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📷 Viasna. Human rights in Belarus / Facebook
📷 Viasna. Human rights in Belarus / Facebook
Belarus opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky has been released from jail after being pardoned, Belarusian human rights group Viasna has said
Belarus opposition leader Tikhanovsky freed from jail
Belarus opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky has been released from jail after being pardoned, Belarusian human rights group Viasna has said.
www.rte.ie
June 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Belarus opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky has been released from jail after being pardoned, Belarusian human rights group Viasna has said
⚡️Belarus sentences 2 Belarusians, Ukrainian to 11-25 years for alleged terrorism.
Two Belarusians and one Ukrainian were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 11 to 25 years by Belarusian authorities for their alleged involvement in preparing terrorist acts, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported
Two Belarusians and one Ukrainian were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 11 to 25 years by Belarusian authorities for their alleged involvement in preparing terrorist acts, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported
Belarus sentences 2 Belarusians, Ukrainian to 11-25 years for alleged terrorism
Two Belarusians and one Ukrainian were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 11 to 25 years by Belarusian authorities for their alleged involvement in preparing terrorist acts, the Viasna Human Right...
kyivindependent.com
December 19, 2024 at 8:23 PM
⚡️Belarus sentences 2 Belarusians, Ukrainian to 11-25 years for alleged terrorism.
Two Belarusians and one Ukrainian were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 11 to 25 years by Belarusian authorities for their alleged involvement in preparing terrorist acts, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported
Two Belarusians and one Ukrainian were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 11 to 25 years by Belarusian authorities for their alleged involvement in preparing terrorist acts, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported
Meer dan 100 politieke gevangenen in Belarus vrijgelaten. In ieder geval Kalesnikova en Babaryko. En Bialiatski, de oprichter van mensenrechtenorganisatie Viasna.
Here’s how Maria Kalesnikava is meeting Viktar Babaryka and Maksim Znak after they unjustly spent more than five years behind bars.
I am crying from happiness. Such a relief to see them and others free!
I am crying from happiness. Such a relief to see them and others free!
December 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Meer dan 100 politieke gevangenen in Belarus vrijgelaten. In ieder geval Kalesnikova en Babaryko. En Bialiatski, de oprichter van mensenrechtenorganisatie Viasna.
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📷 Viasna. Human rights in Belarus / Facebook
📷 Viasna. Human rights in Belarus / Facebook
January 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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📷 Viasna. Human rights in Belarus / Facebook
Andrei Chapiuk ist frei! Nach 1.659 Tagen in Haft in Belarus. Endlich. Für seinen Einsatz bei der Menschenrechtsorganisation Viasna hielt ihn das Regime gefangen. Ich hatte immer wieder auf sein Schicksal aufmerksam gemacht. Seine Freilassung macht mich wahnsinnig froh. 1/2
April 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Andrei Chapiuk ist frei! Nach 1.659 Tagen in Haft in Belarus. Endlich. Für seinen Einsatz bei der Menschenrechtsorganisation Viasna hielt ihn das Regime gefangen. Ich hatte immer wieder auf sein Schicksal aufmerksam gemacht. Seine Freilassung macht mich wahnsinnig froh. 1/2
In Belarus, 32 people have been pardoned
Of them, 28 are political prisoners, according to the human rights center "Viasna".
Of them, 28 are political prisoners, according to the human rights center "Viasna".
July 1, 2026 at 10:53 AM
In Belarus, 32 people have been pardoned
Of them, 28 are political prisoners, according to the human rights center "Viasna".
Of them, 28 are political prisoners, according to the human rights center "Viasna".
Andrei Podnebenny is thought to be the ninth political prisoner to have died in Belarus since 2020, according to the rights group Viasna.
Russian Political Prisoner Dies in Belarusian Jail - The Moscow Times
A Russian man serving a prison sentence in Belarus on what government critics call politically motivated charges has died, the rights group Viasna said Monday.
www.themoscowtimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Andrei Podnebenny is thought to be the ninth political prisoner to have died in Belarus since 2020, according to the rights group Viasna.
🚨🚨🚨 Die guten Nachrichten gehen weiter!
Ales Bialiatski, der Vorsitzende der Menschenrechtsorganisation Viasna, ist heute ebenfalls freigelassen worden.
Und mit ihm die Viasna-Kollegen Valiant Stefanovich und Uladzimir Labkovich sowie Maksym Znak, Mitarbeiter von Maryia.
Ales Bialiatski, der Vorsitzende der Menschenrechtsorganisation Viasna, ist heute ebenfalls freigelassen worden.
Und mit ihm die Viasna-Kollegen Valiant Stefanovich und Uladzimir Labkovich sowie Maksym Znak, Mitarbeiter von Maryia.
December 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🚨🚨🚨 Die guten Nachrichten gehen weiter!
Ales Bialiatski, der Vorsitzende der Menschenrechtsorganisation Viasna, ist heute ebenfalls freigelassen worden.
Und mit ihm die Viasna-Kollegen Valiant Stefanovich und Uladzimir Labkovich sowie Maksym Znak, Mitarbeiter von Maryia.
Ales Bialiatski, der Vorsitzende der Menschenrechtsorganisation Viasna, ist heute ebenfalls freigelassen worden.
Und mit ihm die Viasna-Kollegen Valiant Stefanovich und Uladzimir Labkovich sowie Maksym Znak, Mitarbeiter von Maryia.
Skvorec spiavaje,
Spiakota adstupaje —
Viasna rascvitaje.
Spiakota adstupaje —
Viasna rascvitaje.
April 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Skvorec spiavaje,
Spiakota adstupaje —
Viasna rascvitaje.
Spiakota adstupaje —
Viasna rascvitaje.
Ales Bialiatski is free!
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights defender has been released and forcibly deported to Lithuania after 1,613 days behind bars.
According to his organisation, Viasna.
#Belarus
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights defender has been released and forcibly deported to Lithuania after 1,613 days behind bars.
According to his organisation, Viasna.
#Belarus
December 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Ales Bialiatski is free!
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights defender has been released and forcibly deported to Lithuania after 1,613 days behind bars.
According to his organisation, Viasna.
#Belarus
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights defender has been released and forcibly deported to Lithuania after 1,613 days behind bars.
According to his organisation, Viasna.
#Belarus
📢 The Observatory (FIDH -OMCT) condemns the unjust imprisonment of Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovic, Uladzimir Labkovich, and all human rights defenders of Viasna. #Belarus must free them and all political prisoners immediately and unconditionally.
#FreeViasna #FreeAles #FreeThemAll #HRD
#FreeViasna #FreeAles #FreeThemAll #HRD
Belarus: Two years since the unfair sentence against three Viasna members
Today marks two years since Viasna members Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovic and Uladzimir Labkovich were convicted and sentenced to heavy (…)
www.fidh.org
March 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
📢 The Observatory (FIDH -OMCT) condemns the unjust imprisonment of Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovic, Uladzimir Labkovich, and all human rights defenders of Viasna. #Belarus must free them and all political prisoners immediately and unconditionally.
#FreeViasna #FreeAles #FreeThemAll #HRD
#FreeViasna #FreeAles #FreeThemAll #HRD
🇧🇾 Sergueï Tikhanovski, mari de la figure de l'opposition bélarusse Svetlana Tikhovskaïa, a été libéré avec 13 autres prisonniers politiques, a annoncé samedi l'ONG Viasna.
Tikhanovski avait été arrêté en mai 2020 peu avant une élection présidentielle marquée par des manifestations historiques.
Tikhanovski avait été arrêté en mai 2020 peu avant une élection présidentielle marquée par des manifestations historiques.
June 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🇧🇾 Sergueï Tikhanovski, mari de la figure de l'opposition bélarusse Svetlana Tikhovskaïa, a été libéré avec 13 autres prisonniers politiques, a annoncé samedi l'ONG Viasna.
Tikhanovski avait été arrêté en mai 2020 peu avant une élection présidentielle marquée par des manifestations historiques.
Tikhanovski avait été arrêté en mai 2020 peu avant une élection présidentielle marquée par des manifestations historiques.
🇧🇾 Le Bélarus a libéré le militant Ales Bialiatski, colauréat du prix Nobel de la paix 2022, et la figure de l'opposition Maria Kolesnikova, a annoncé l'ONG de défense des droits humains Viasna, après des pourparlers entre Minsk et Washington.
December 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🇧🇾 Le Bélarus a libéré le militant Ales Bialiatski, colauréat du prix Nobel de la paix 2022, et la figure de l'opposition Maria Kolesnikova, a annoncé l'ONG de défense des droits humains Viasna, après des pourparlers entre Minsk et Washington.
#UPDATE One of the leaders of Belarus's opposition movement, Sergei Tikhanovsky, has been released from jail in Belarus after being pardoned, Belarusian human rights group Viasna said on Saturday.
June 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#UPDATE One of the leaders of Belarus's opposition movement, Sergei Tikhanovsky, has been released from jail in Belarus after being pardoned, Belarusian human rights group Viasna said on Saturday.
‼️Deeply moving news today as our colleagues Ales Bialiatski, Uladzimir Labkovich & Valiantsin Stefanovich from #Viasna are free, as well as Maria Kalesnikava 🫶
Every day they spent in jail was profound a injustice. Fingers crossed for other rights defenders & activists.
spring96.org/en/news/119261
Every day they spent in jail was profound a injustice. Fingers crossed for other rights defenders & activists.
spring96.org/en/news/119261
December 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
‼️Deeply moving news today as our colleagues Ales Bialiatski, Uladzimir Labkovich & Valiantsin Stefanovich from #Viasna are free, as well as Maria Kalesnikava 🫶
Every day they spent in jail was profound a injustice. Fingers crossed for other rights defenders & activists.
spring96.org/en/news/119261
Every day they spent in jail was profound a injustice. Fingers crossed for other rights defenders & activists.
spring96.org/en/news/119261
Four years on from the detention of Viasna Center human rights activists, ARTICLE 19 joins partner organisations in calling for their immediate release. The crackdown in Belarus – including transnational repression targeting activists in exile – must stop.
www.article19.org/resources/be...
www.article19.org/resources/be...
Belarus: Four years of arbitrary detention – crackdown on Viasna must end - ARTICLE 19
The regime must release all members of Human Rights Center 'Viasna', and other human rights defenders imprisoned in Belarus.
www.article19.org
July 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Four years on from the detention of Viasna Center human rights activists, ARTICLE 19 joins partner organisations in calling for their immediate release. The crackdown in Belarus – including transnational repression targeting activists in exile – must stop.
www.article19.org/resources/be...
www.article19.org/resources/be...
Viasna volunteer Sviatlana Yakubovich: “We were followed for ten months”
Former political prisoner and Viasna volunteer Sviatlana Yakubovich spoke about the persecution of her and her husband, Stanislau Machalau, their detention and trial, and her release.
More: spring96.org/en/news/121279
Former political prisoner and Viasna volunteer Sviatlana Yakubovich spoke about the persecution of her and her husband, Stanislau Machalau, their detention and trial, and her release.
More: spring96.org/en/news/121279
September 28, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Viasna volunteer Sviatlana Yakubovich: “We were followed for ten months”
Former political prisoner and Viasna volunteer Sviatlana Yakubovich spoke about the persecution of her and her husband, Stanislau Machalau, their detention and trial, and her release.
More: spring96.org/en/news/121279
Former political prisoner and Viasna volunteer Sviatlana Yakubovich spoke about the persecution of her and her husband, Stanislau Machalau, their detention and trial, and her release.
More: spring96.org/en/news/121279
The number of political prisoners in Belarus grew in 2025, despite a series of pardons and releases.
This is according to the annual report of the Viasna Human Rights Center.
This is according to the annual report of the Viasna Human Rights Center.
January 14, 2026 at 7:48 AM
The number of political prisoners in Belarus grew in 2025, despite a series of pardons and releases.
This is according to the annual report of the Viasna Human Rights Center.
This is according to the annual report of the Viasna Human Rights Center.
Das wichtigste zuerst: Ich bin froh und dankbar zu sehen, dass 14 Menschen am Leben und in Freiheit sind und Sviatlana Tsihanouskaya und Siarhei sich umarmen können. 🤍❤️🤍 für Freiheit, Leben, Liebe. 1/2
Belarus opposition leader Siarhei Tsikhanouski freed from jail
Siarhei Tsikhanouski, one of Belarus' most prominent opposition leaders, was pardoned and released from jail, along with 13 other political leaders, according to the human rights NGO Viasna.
www.lemonde.fr
June 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Das wichtigste zuerst: Ich bin froh und dankbar zu sehen, dass 14 Menschen am Leben und in Freiheit sind und Sviatlana Tsihanouskaya und Siarhei sich umarmen können. 🤍❤️🤍 für Freiheit, Leben, Liebe. 1/2
A top Belarus opposition leader, Sergei Tikhanovsky, has been released from jail after being pardoned, Belarusian human rights group Viasna said on Saturday.
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June 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A top Belarus opposition leader, Sergei Tikhanovsky, has been released from jail after being pardoned, Belarusian human rights group Viasna said on Saturday.
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🎉 30 Years of Viasna!
Years of relentless struggle for human rights and democracy in #Belarus. And we carry on our mission, no matter what.
Viasna cannot be broken, stopped, or held back!
Years of relentless struggle for human rights and democracy in #Belarus. And we carry on our mission, no matter what.
Viasna cannot be broken, stopped, or held back!
April 26, 2026 at 8:13 AM
🎉 30 Years of Viasna!
Years of relentless struggle for human rights and democracy in #Belarus. And we carry on our mission, no matter what.
Viasna cannot be broken, stopped, or held back!
Years of relentless struggle for human rights and democracy in #Belarus. And we carry on our mission, no matter what.
Viasna cannot be broken, stopped, or held back!
Nos deux collègues de #wikipedia en #bielorussie figurent dorénavant dans la liste des prisonniers politiques recensés par #Viasna.
prisoners.spring96.org/en/person/vo...
prisoners.spring96.org/en/person/ma...
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prisoners.spring96.org/en/person/ma...
July 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Nos deux collègues de #wikipedia en #bielorussie figurent dorénavant dans la liste des prisonniers politiques recensés par #Viasna.
prisoners.spring96.org/en/person/vo...
prisoners.spring96.org/en/person/ma...
prisoners.spring96.org/en/person/vo...
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#Belarus Marfa Rabkova, coordinator of the Viasna Volunteer Service, turns 31 today. For the sixth time, she marks her birthday behind bars - sentenced to 15 years for her peaceful human rights work.
Marfa and all political prisoners must be released immediately.
Marfa and all political prisoners must be released immediately.
January 6, 2026 at 8:30 AM
#Belarus Marfa Rabkova, coordinator of the Viasna Volunteer Service, turns 31 today. For the sixth time, she marks her birthday behind bars - sentenced to 15 years for her peaceful human rights work.
Marfa and all political prisoners must be released immediately.
Marfa and all political prisoners must be released immediately.