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Belarus: Human Rights Defenders Held in Pretrial Detention

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 85/21, UPDATE 1 HERE Belarusian human rights defenders Ales Bialiatski, Valyantsin Stefanovich and Uladzimir Labkovich...

OUTCOME: Belarus: Pratasevich and Sapega Under House Arrest

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 57/21, UPDATE 1 HERE Belarusian journalist Raman Pratasevich and his partner Sofya Sapega have been...

Belarus: Raman Pratasevich forced televised ‘confession’ amounts to ill-treatment

Following the 3 June broadcast of a forced ‘confession’ by jailed Belarusian journalist Raman Pratasevich, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern...

Belarus: Journalist Faces Torture After Abduction

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 57/21 HERE  Exiled Belarusian journalist and government critic, Raman Pratasevich, was unlawfully arrested on 23...

Belarus: University students expelled from universities and imprisoned for peaceful protest

Belarusian students are being arrested on criminal charges, prosecuted for peaceful activism and expelled from educational institutions, in retribution for...

Belarus: Journalist apprehended in Minsk airport after emergency landing must be released immediately

Reacting to the news that the Belarusian authorities apprehended Raman Pratasevich, former editor-in-chief of the popular opposition Telegram channel NEXTA,...

Show your solidarity #StandWithBelarus

Since the widely disputed presidential election in August 2020, the Belarusian regime has engaged in a brutal crackdown on all...

Belarus: Government’s threats and history of crackdown on protesters require urgent international response

Statements made by the Belarusian authorities ahead of demonstrations planned for 25 March (Freedom Day) raise serious concerns that the...

Belarus: New reprisals against civil society activists underpin vicious crackdown on human rights

Today, the Belarusian authorities visibly stepped up their crackdown against civil society organizations and independent media with mass raids and...

Belarus: To clamp down on dissent the authorities are targeting children

Amnesty International experts on Belarus are available to offer insight into the solidarity campaign The Belarusian authorities are resorting to...

Belarus: Impunity for perpetrators of torture reinforces need for international justice

A new report by Amnesty International reveals how the Belarusian authorities have weaponized the justice system to punish victims of...

Belarus: More than 1,000 people arrested in a single day of peaceful protests amid escalating repression of rights

Responding to the arrest of more than 1,000 people in a single day of peaceful protest in Minsk and other...

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