Pavel Vinahradau, one of the most active opposition leaders repeatedly facing persecution believes that after the events of 2010 showing solidarity with civil society activists in Belarus is becoming rather an exception than the rule. The campaigns of the recent months, during his arrest and the deportation of human rights activist Alena Tankachova, are a nice surprise, according to the activist. Read More
Join the campaign for the liberation of Pavel Vinahradau!
The Human Rights Centre “Viasna” encourages colleagues, friends and associates to join the campaign for the liberation of the civil society activist Pavel Vinahradau. Read More
Pavel Vinahradau sentenced to 15 days of arrest again
The leader of the youth wing of “Tell the Truth”, “Zmena” was sentenced to the arrest term for alleged disorderly conduct in the building of the Maskouski District Police Department of Minsk on October 8. Read More
Surveillance regime extended over Dzmitry Dashkievich
The court has extended the regime of preventive surveillance over the former political prisoner for another three months. Read More
Tatalitaryzatar as a deliberate provocation
During the World Ice Hockey Championship in Minsk, bookmakers did not only take bets on sports, but also on people. Palitviazni.info learned how to predict future detentions of civic activists and what was sought by the creators of a political betting system. Read More
Hide-and-seek with the authorities
The Ice Hockey World Championship is over. Bison Volat, the official mascot of the tournament, has left for the Byelavyezhskaya Pushcha, foreigners are packing their bags, “the Akrestsin team” are quietly going home, and activists who wanted to avoid preventive arrests began creeping out of their holes. Palitviazni.info learned what life like was during a hockey “celebration” for those who were fortunate not to become the hostages of the championship. Read More
Pavel Vinogradov had to explain to the police, where he was on 27 of July
On 2 August, the transport police took explanations from the former political prisoner Pavel Vinogradov concerning the placement of the national flag on an electric train for Minsk. The activist wrote about it on his Facebook account. Read More
Pavel Vinogradov: all in all jail time was good for me
The leader of the youth organization “Change”, an activist of the campaign “Tell the Truth!” Pavel Vinogradov spent a year behind bars. His sentence included the 14 administrative and 2 criminal proceedings instituted against him. Read More
Pavel Vinogradov: A professional revolutionary (photos)
We visited a man who during 25 years of his life was arrested by the regime 14 times and had two criminal charges. Read More
Pavel Vinogradov: “We are doomed to success!”
Pavel Vinogradov – a man whose optimism is contagious. If you feel overwhelmed by the Belarusian reality, try to talk to this young man and a “former political prisoner” – I use inverted commas because it is simply impossible to refer to him in this way. He was pardoned but is still under special supervision of the authorities, he is sometimes being forced to spend 24h behind bars. No wonder that in a recent interview young politician joked that he sees more often prison officers than his relatives. Read More