Marina Lobau: I have learned from Frantskevich that my son was in a solitary confinement

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Eduard Lobau has been kept in a punishment cell but his relatives were not aware of that, Radio Svaboda reports. Read more.. »

2 years has passed since Ales Bialiatski’s politically motivated sentence

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Two years ago, on November 24, 2011, the Pershamaiski District Court of Minsk issued sentence against Ales Bialiatski, the head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” and vice-president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). According to the verdict, Ales Bialiatski was found guilty of committing crime under the Art. 243, part 2 of the Criminal Code (tax evasion on a large scale) and was sentenced to imprisonment in a high security penal colony for a period of 4.5 years and a confiscation of property. Read more.. »

BCD has initiated in Vilnius parliamentary hearings on the issue of political prisoners

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Special hearings on the issue of Belarusian political prisoners and human rights situation will be held on the eve of the Civil Society Forum, during the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius.  Read more.. »