Political prisoner receives surgery after a suicide attempt and is sent back to the pre-trial detention center immediately after; Belarusians threaten to block the Belarusian-Polish border if the EU fails to impose sanctions; it is dangerous to send correspondence to Read more…
Political prisoner Stsiapan Latypau tried to kill himself right in the courtroom; EU is preparing sanctions against Belavia, Lukashenko promises to launch flights to Crimea; pressure on the media continues as two more journalists are detained 1 June 2021 | Read more…
Belarusian air traffic controllers informed about the alleged bomb threat 24 minutes earlier than they were notified themselves; Europe promises to expand sanctions against Belarus in the near future; Minsk is stripped of European Track Cycling Championships 27 May 2021 Read more…
An orphan boy committed suicide after being interrogated; lawyers are not allowed to visit Raman Pratasevich and Safia Sapega; security forces are holding hostage a relative of an escaped journalist 26 May 2021 | Voice of Belarus An orphan boy Read more…
European airlines stop flights over Belarus; the body of political prisoner Ashurak handed over to his family five days after death; state media show a video with beaten Pratasevich 25 May 2021 | Voice of Belarus The body of the Read more…
A political prisoner died in the custody of a Belarusian colony; reasons why the authorities are persecuting TUT.BY; 37 OSCE participating States issue a statement on Belarus 21 May 2021 | Voice of Belarus A political prisoner dies in Belarusian colony Read more…
An attack on media: the authorities opened a criminal case against TUT.BY; the head of the Union of Poles rejected a freedom offer conditional on further deportation; 10 to 15 days of administrative arrest for a bike ride 18 May 2021 | Read more…
One year since Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya announced her intention to run for president; a DW journalist sentenced to 20 days in jail; a senior woman was summoned to court for laying flowers at writer Vasil Bykau’s grave 15 May 2021 | Read more…
Political prisoner Dzianis Urad sentenced to 18 years in jail; riot police disperse Minskers expressing solidarity with defendants in students’ case; Photojournalist gets 10-day jail term 14 May 2021 | Voice of Belarus Political prisoner Dzianis Urad sentenced to 18 Read more…
Stories of violence victims 10 May 2021 | Anna Stork, Deutsche Welle An application to the Federal Prosecutor’s Office considering the crimes against humanity committed by Lukashenko was submitted in Germany on behalf of 10 people who had been tortured Read more…