A short-term visit initially scheduled for April has been allowed on August 21. read more

Police demand that the former political prisoner should turn up to the detention centre in Akrestsina Street and serve 10 days out for his participation in post-electoral peaceful protests in Independence Square ("Ploshcha") on… December 19, 2010. read more

Mikalay Awtukhovich, a businessman widely viewed as a political prisoner, wrote to an opposition activist earlier this year that he would not appeal to Alyaksandr Lukashenka for a presidential pardon. read more

Belarusian border guard has received two years in prison for failing to report last year's illegal border crossing by a Swedish plane that dropped stuffed bears with pro-democracy messages. read more

The Wave of Solidarity campaign reached the town of Baranavichy on February 14. read more

Pavel Sapelka has received a letter from his defendant – political prisoner Mikalai Autukhovich. He refused to go into details giving as a reason that the letter concerns daily needs. read more

The mother of a young man executed over the 2011 subway bombing in Minsk has been voted the Person of the Year 2012 in Vitsyebsk. read more

Vasil Parfiankou walked free from a prison in Baranavichy on February 9. read more

Mikalai Autukhovich was thrown into prison on February 8, 2009, for criticising local authorises. read more

Human rights activists sent an appeal to the UN Special Rapporteur informing about the possible use of torture against Andrei Haidukou. read more

Belarusian imprisoned human rights defender A. Byalyatski has been nominated for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. read more

The relatives of the former Minister of Interior of Belarus Yury Zakharanka will be additionally notified. read more