Ales Bialiatski reelected FIDH Vice-President

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Ales Bialiatski, imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, has been reelected Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). The vote was held during the 38th FIDH Congress in Istanbul where the FIDH member organisations were meeting to elect the new International Board and define the main FIDH orientations for the next three years. Read more.. »

Mother and brother visit Eduard Lobau in penal colony

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A political prisoners has been allowed a long-term meeting with his family. Read more.. »

Statkevich about pardon at Easter: “It’s not typical of Orthodox atheists”

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Mikalai Statkevich wrote in a letter why he didn’t believe that political prisoners would be released on Easter.

Mikalai Statkevich’s wife Maryna Adamovich received a letter from the political prisoner, who thanked his friends who passed a TV-set to him. He wrote he already saw “spring leaves” on television, Radio Svaboda reports.

“It is the third spring in prison for him,” Maryna Adamovich notes.

Mikalai Statkevich explains why he didn’t expect the release on political prisoners at Easter.

Former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov and his aide Zmitser Bandarenka were pardoned a year ago. Read more.. »

Ales Bialiatski deprived of food parcels

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A political prisoner faced another disciplinary sanction in late March. Read more.. »