As of March 19
1406 persons in Belarus are considered as political prisoners
Bloggers, businessmen, presidential campaign members and peaceful protesters are held in prisons only because they were not afraid to exercise their rights - the right to participate in peaceful assemblies, to express their opinion and to be involved in political activities.
Most of these people were targeted by politically motivated criminal prosecution in connection with the events that took place during and after the presidential election of August 2020.
Who can qualify as a political prisoner, according to Belarusian human rights defenders?
Addresses of prisons:
1406 persons unfairly imprisoned
List of former political prisoners
Latest news
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Catholic believer sentenced to three years in a penal colony in Minsk
19.03.2024
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"It should have been a restriction of freedom, not a deprivation." How political prisoners live in open-type correctional institutions
14.03.2024
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya demands news of her imprisoned husband
13.03.2024
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The statement on the recognition of 10 people as political prisoners
13.03.2024
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Statement by human rights defenders in connection with the crackdown on lawyers
12.03.2024
What should I know and how to help?
✉️ Write a letter. Make a scan of your letter or postcard and share it online
🤝 Please use the Russian (or Belarusian) name of the prison
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