As of April 11
352 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:
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Pre-trial detention center No. 1220030, Minsk, vulica Valadarskaha 2
8 017 218-79-05132 persons -
Pre-trial detention center No. 7224030, Brest, vulica Savieckich pamiežnikaŭ 37
8 017 218-79-0153 persons -
Pre-trial detention center No. 8222163, Žodzina, vulica Savieckaja 22A30 persons
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Pre-trial detention center No. 6225413, Baranavičy, vulica Bresckaja 258B19 persons
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Pre-trial detention center of KGB220050, Minsk, Main Post Office, subscriber box 83 persons
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Pre-trial detention center No. 3246003, Homieĺ, vulica Knižnaja 1A28 persons
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Prison No. 1230023, Hrodna, vulica Kirava 112 persons
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Prison No. 4212011, Mahilioŭ, vulica Krupskaj 99A6 persons
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Penal colony No. 17213004, Škloŭ, vulica 1-ja Zavodskaja 86 persons
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Penal colony No. 9213410, Horki, vulica Dabraliubava 161 person
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Penal colony No. 2213800, Babrujsk, vulica Sikorskaha 14 persons
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Pre-trial detention center No. 2210026, Viciebsk, vulica Haharyna 25 persons
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Penal colony No. 1211440, Navapolack, vulica Techničnaya 84 persons
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Open correctional facility No. 49213010, Škloŭ, vulica Maladziožnaja 2B2 persons
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Penal colony No. 3211322, Viciebsk region, Vićba4 persons
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Penal colony No. 15213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 1836 persons
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Open correctional facility No. 39222002, Krupki district, Krupki-22 persons
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Open correctional facility No. 26231724, Hrodna district, village Hinovičy, 11 person
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Open correctional facility No. 46213188, Kruhlaje, vulica Savieckaja, 961 person
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House arrest3 persons
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Temporary detention center220089, Minsk, 1-y zavulak Akrescina 361 person
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Penal colony No. 13211791, Hlubokaje, Saveckaja 2052 persons
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Open correctional facility No. 29230415, Vaŭkavysk, vulica Rakasouskaha 1182 persons
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Open correctional facility No. 48213765, Asipovičy, vulica Sumchanki 382 persons
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Open correctional facility No. 43212003, Mahilioŭ, vulica Čaliuskincaŭ 76a3 persons
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Penal colony No. 4246035, Gomel, vulica Антошкина 32 persons
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Penal colony No. 22225295, Brest region, Ivacevičy, station Damanava, PO Box 204 persons
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Open correctional facility No. 7225136, Pružany district, Kuplina2 persons
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Center for Isolation247350, Buda-Kašaliova, vulica Pijanierskaja 2, temporary detention facility1 person
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Open correctional facility No. 17Homeil, vul. Barysenka, 13, building 22 persons
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Open correctional facility No. 9210034, Vitebsk, street 3rd Chepinskaya, 392 persons
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Open correctional facility No. 45225073, Brest region, Kamenetsky district, Sushki1 person
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Open correctional facility No. 6225889, Brest region, Kobrin district, Lushchyky1 person
352 persons unfairly imprisoned
List of former political prisoners
Latest news
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11 new names on list of political prisoners
09.04.2021
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Political prisoner Vital Shcherbich sentenced to four years in prison
09.04.2021
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Five more convicts in defamation trials called political prisoners
08.04.2021
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Human rights groups insist on release and retrials for 15 more political prisoners
07.04.2021
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Political prisoner Aliaksandra Patrasayeva sentenced to three years of “home imprisonment”, released in the courtroom
07.04.2021
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