Freedom to political prisoners!
Sunday of December 19, 2010, was called “bloody” in Belarus. On the day of the presidential elections, a peaceful rally against the rigged election results was brutally dispersed and more than 1000 people, among them most presidential candidates, members of their teams, journalists and human rights activists, were arrested. More than 40 people were jailed. Presidential candidates and activists of their teams received unprecedentedly long jail sentences – from 2 to 6 years.
Innocent people spent almost a year behind bars facing torture and inhuman treatment. Lukashenka had to release some political prisoners due to Western sanctions and the catastrophic state of the country's economy. Former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov and coordinator of European Belarus civil campaign Zmitser Bandarenka were freed in April 2012 after spending almost 18 months in prison.
Presidential candidate Mikalai Statkevich, Young Front leader Zmitser Dashkevich, businessman Mikalai Autukhovich, human rights activist Ales Byalyatski and 9 activists are still in jail.
The international community and human rights organisations demand to release the Belarusian prisoners of conscience. Seeking the release of remaining 14 political prisoners, the European Union and the United States imposed visa restrictions and economic sanctions on dictator's cronies – officials and businessmen involved in repressions and providing financial aid to the regime.
Mikalai Autukhovich: 230023, ul. Kirova 1, Hrodna, prison No.1
Ales Byalyatski: 213800, Babruisk, ul. Sikorskogo 1, IK No.2
Yauheny Vaskovich: 212011, Mahilou, ul. Krupskoi 99à, prison ¹4
Andrei Haidukou: 210026, Vitebsk, ul. Gagarina 2, SIZO ¹1
Zmitser Dashkevich: 230023, ul. Kirova 1, Hrodna, prison ¹1
Mikalai Dzyadok: 212011, Mahilou, ul. Krupskoi 99à, prison ¹4
Eduard Lobau: 225295, Ivatsevichy, PO Box 20, IK ¹22
Alyaksandr Mauchanau: 222125, Borisovski r-n, Navasady, IK ¹14
Ihar Alinevich: 211440, Navapolatsk, ul. Technichnaya 8, IK ¹10
Artyom Prakapenka: 212013, Mahilou, Slavgorodskoye Shosse 183, IK ¹15
Mikalai Statkevich: 212011, Mahilou, ul. Krupskoi 99à, prison ¹4
Pavel Sevyarynets: 225143, Pruzhanski r-n, Kuplin, IUOT ¹7
Alyaksandr Frantskevich: 225295, Ivatsevichy, PO Box 20, IK ¹22
24.05.2013
No news from Vaskovich for two months
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13:59, — Politics
Relatives have not been receiving letters from political prisoner Yauheny Vaskovich for two months.
Pictures of political prisoners posted near MTW
11:39, — Politics
Public association Alternativa held an action in support of Belarusian political prisoner in the center of Minsk.
Political prisoner Frantskevich left alone in cell
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9:03, — Politics
Aliaksandr Frantskevich has been transferred to a closed unit in the penal colony in Ivatsevichy.
23.05.2013
Freedom to Bialatski! in streets of Istanbul
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14:16, — Politics
In Turkey they demand to release the Belarusian human rights activist.
Amnesty International: There are no changes in Belarus
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12:45, — Politics
The influential international human rights watchdog has released its 2012 report.
Arciom Prakapenka was allowed short-term meeting
12:09, — Politics
Political prisoner Prakapenka, who is serving the punishment term in the penal colony number 5 in Mahilou got permission for a short-term meeting with relatives.
22.05.2013
Mikalai Autukhovich: Why do they help the devil to trade the fates of people?
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17:39, — Politics
In his recent letter the political prisoner writes about hopes for an early release from prison of political leaders and civil society activists.
21.05.2013
Mother and brother visit Eduard Lobau in penal colony
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8:28, — Politics
A political prisoners has been allowed a long-term meeting with his family.
People of the Square
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1:08, — Politics
The presentation of Aliaksandr Tamkovich’s book about political prisoners “Life after prison” took place in Warsaw.
18.05.2013
“Lukashenka is a terrorist who must be put on trial”
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0:28, — Politics
Natallia Kaliada, the Belarus Free Theatre director, took part in the Oslo Freedom Forum.
17.05.2013
Spy case sent to prosecutor’s office
13:53, — Politics
After 6 months of investigation the case of Andrej Hajdukou, suspected of espionage, has been sent to prosecutor’s office.
Ales Bialiatski deprived of food parcels
11:57, — Politics
A political prisoner faced another disciplinary sanction in late March.
15.05.2013
Mikalai Autukhovich denied of medical care in prison
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14:55, — Politics
A political prisoner cannot eat properly due to problems with teeth.
13.05.2013
Political prisoner Lobau allowed to meet mother
11:34, — Politics
The mother of Eduard Lobau, who is serving a prison term in apenal colony in Ivatsevichy, is going for a long-term three-day meeting.
7.05.2013
Haidukou's mother denied visit to her son
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11:41, — Politics
Volha Haidukova, the mother of a political prisoner, received an official denial from an investigator of the Vitebsk KGB office, who conducts the “spy” case.
6.05.2013
Paval Sevyarynets granted three-days leave from correctional facility
12:38, — Politics
Paval Sevyarynets, who is serving a three-year "restricted freedom" and corrective labor sentence, has been granted a three-day leave of absence from the open-type facility.
3.05.2013
No letters from political prisoner Vaskovich for second month
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16:52, — Politics
Political prisoner Yauheny Vaskovich remains isolated for the second month in prison No. 4 in Mahilou.
Banner “Freedom for political prisoners” under Lukashenka's nose
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15:55, — Politics
A banner “Freedom for political prisoners” appeared in Kastrychnitskaya Square in front of Lukashenka's administration on May 2.
Political prisoner Lobau denied dental treatment in prison
13:45, — Politics
The authorities of penal colony No. 22 in Ivatsevichy have been denying dental treatment to political prisoner Eduard Lobau for 18 months.
30.04.2013
“Spy” case to be submitted to court
12:14, — Politics
Andrei Haidukou, a young man suspected of spying, reads files of his criminal case.
29.04.2013
Are they trying poisoning Mikalaj Statkievich in prison?
11:26, — Politics
Prison warders give the political prisoner food in separate specially marked plates.
23.04.2013
Alienievich sent to penal cell for 20 days
12:23, — Politics
The political prisoner wrote about that in a letter to his mother Valancina Alienievich.
22.04.2013
Demands to free Statkevich in Minsk centre
17:09, — Politics
A big portrait of a political prisoner appeared near the Niamiha metro station.
15.04.2013
After book release no letters come from Alienievich
13:07, — Politics
In March a book “Going to Magadan” by a Belarusian political prisoner Ihar Alienievich came out in Russia.
4.04.2013
Jauhen Vaskovich: I will bear my cross till the end
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10:34, — Politics
The political prisoner wrote a letter to his grandmother Tamara Uladzimirauna.
1.04.2013
Prison staff steal postcards to Statkevich
13:46, — Politics
A political prisoner didn't receive postcards with Freedom Day congratulations.
Political prisoner Dzyadok cannot receive medicines
12:57, — Politics
The prison authorities refused to accept a medical parcel for Mikalai Dzyadok.
Bialatski’s property taken away from his apartment
12:09, — Politics
Court officers started taking away the things, which were distrained before, from the apartment of the political prisoner.
29.03.2013
Authorities don't want to hear about political prisoners
14:33, — Politics
Members of the European Parliament can be allowed to enter Belarus only if they don't talk about political prisoners.
Political prisoner Dzyadok thrown into punishment cell for 6 days
10:51, — Politics
Mikalai Dzyadok met with his lawyer in prison in Mahilou on March 28.
28.03.2013
Natallya Pinchuk: Paleckis must show his hand
11:28, — Politics
The situation of political prisoners does not and will scarcely change for the better.
27.03.2013
Valyantina Alinevich: Conditions in Belarusian prisons are refined genocide
13:44, — Politics
The judicial system maims and eliminates Belarusians.
Political prisoner Alienievich’s book “Going to Magadan” came out
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13:09, — Politics
The book by a political prisoner Ihar Alienievich was published based on the diary, written in KGB’s pre-trial jail, Amerikanka.
22.03.2013
Artsiom Prakapenka sent to penal cell for five days
12:29, — Politics
The parents of the political prisoner visited their son in the penitentiary colony number 15 in Mahilou.
21.03.2013
Appeal to Czech president against meeting with Lukashenka
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13:00, — Politics
Belarusians and Czechs held an action on 20 March in Prague Castle, where the residence of Czech Republic’s president Milosh Zeman is situated.
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