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CNN —Belarus has conducted mass raids, interrogations and arrests of dozens of friends and relatives of political prisoners, a Belarusian human rights group said, in the regime’s latest crackdown on dissent. The Belarusian KGB reportedly came to the homes and workplaces of the friends and family of political prisoners, interrogating around 100 people and arresting at least 26 others. Maryna Adamovich, the wife of political prisoner and former presidential candidate Mikalai Statkevich, was sentenced to 15 days in prison for “petty hooliganism,” the human rights group said. Norway’s Foreign Ministry said it was “deeply concerned by yesterday’s arrest of Maryna Adamovich, other human rights defenders and their family members.” It called for all political prisoners to be released immediately. “Over the past year, Belarusian authorities doubled down to create an information vacuum around raging repressions by cutting political prisoners off from the outside world and bullying their lawyers and families into silence,” the group said.

Persons: ”, Viasna, ” Viasna, Maryna Adamovich, Mikalai Statkevich, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, ” Tsikhanouskaya, Alexander Lukashenko, “, Maryna Organizations: CNN, Belarusian State Security Committee, Belarusian KGB, Human Rights, Belarusian State Security, Ministry, Dutch Foreign Ministry, Rights Watch Locations: Belarus, Belarusian

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A prominent Belarusian dissident author who lives abroad said Thursday that his father was arrested on unclear grounds after police broke into his parents' apartment. The seven police officers, armed with automatic weapons, also took electronics and data files from the Minsk apartment, said Sasha Filipenko. His father was taken away for detention, but no charges were immediately stated. Political Cartoons View All 1237 ImagesFilipenko, a popular novelist, became one of Lukashenko's most prominent critics. Others have been jailed, such as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, founder of the human rights group Viasna.

Persons: Sasha Filipenko, Alexander Lukashenko, Lukashenko, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Ales Bialiatski Locations: TALLINN, Estonia, Belarusian, Minsk

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee urged Iran to release imprisoned peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi and let her accept the award at the annual prize ceremony in December. Mohammadi, an Iranian human rights activist, is the fifth peace laureate to get the prize while in prison or under house arrest. Here’s a look at previous Nobel laureates who were in detention:CARL VON OSSIETZKYPolitical Cartoons View All 1202 ImagesThe 1935 Nobel Peace Prize to German journalist Carl Von Ossietzky so infuriated Adolf Hitler that the Nazi leader prohibited all Germans from receiving Nobel Prizes. He was the first Nobel peace laureate to die in captivity. His wife was placed under house arrest, and dozens of his supporters were prevented from leaving the country.

Persons: Narges Mohammadi, CARL VON OSSIETZKY, Carl Von Ossietzky, Adolf Hitler, Ossietzky, Aung San, Aung San Suu Kyi, Suu Kyi, LIU XIAOBO Liu Xiaobo, Barack Obama, ALES BIALIATSKI Belarussian, Ales Bialiatski, Alexander Lukashenko, Bialiatski Organizations: STOCKHOLM, Nazi, Norwegian Nobel, Human Rights Locations: Norwegian, Iran, Iranian, Norway, Myanmar, Aung San Suu, China, Beijing, Oslo, Russia, Ukraine

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The foreign minister of Belarus, which has a strategic partnership with Russia, says he cannot envision a situation where his country would enter the war in Ukraine alongside Russian forces. Sergei Aleinik said in an interview with The Associated Press that he also can’t imagine a situation where Russia would order his country to use the tactical nuclear weapons it recently deployed in Belarus. The foreign minister disputed the assertions by some opponents that Belarus’ ties to Russia were isolating the country. “It’s clear that by increasing weapons deliveries to this country, the West is determined to continue the war down to the last Ukrainian.”Could he see a situation where Belarus could support the war in Ukraine alongside Russia? The Viasna Human Rights Center recorded 1,496 political prisoners in Belarus at the end of August, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski.

Persons: Sergei Aleinik, “, ”, Alexander Lukashenko, Lukashenko, Aleinik, Antonio Guterres, Lukashenko’s, didn’t, ” Aleinik, Ales Bialiatski, Edith M, Lederer Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, Russian, Associated Press, NATO, Belarus, General Assembly, U.N, European Union, Belarus ’, Moscow, General, AP, United Nations, “, Human Rights, The Associated Press Locations: Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Soviet, BELARUS, RUSSIA, New York, America, China, Lithuania, “ Lithuania, Baltic, Soviet Union, Minsk, Moscow, Western, West, Ukrainian, Russian

☆ Factbox: Who is Belarusian Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski?
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

He denied the charges, which he and other human rights activists called politically motivated. NOBEL PRIZEBialiatski, 60, won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize together with Russian human rights organisation Memorial and Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties. Fellow human rights campaigners portray him as a symbol of resistance to oppression in Belarus and globally. During mass opposition protests in 1996, he co-founded the Viasna human rights organisation with the aim of providing financial and legal assistance to political prisoners and their families. After initially working as a schoolteacher, he went on to become a scholar of Belarusian literature and museum director.

☆ Nobel winner Bialiatski jailed in Belarus for a decade, sparking outcry
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Andrew Osborn | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Footage from the cramped Minsk court showed Bialiatski, who co-founded the Viasna (Spring) human rights group, looking sombre, his hands cuffed behind his back, as he and his co-defendants watched proceedings from a courtroom cage. Bialiatski, who was arrested in 2021, and three co-defendants were charged with financing protests and smuggling money. Belarusian state news agency Belta confirmed the court had handed down long jail sentences to all the men, including a decade in prison for Bialiatski. That, she said, placed human rights defenders at risk of criminal prosecution for their legitimate activities. Viasna, the organisation he co-founded, took a leading role in providing legal and financial assistance to those jailed.

☆ Nobel laureate calls for national reconciliation at trial in Belarus
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Byalyatski called for "national reconciliation" between the Belarus authorities and opposition on Monday, in his final statement at a trial he said was politically motivated. "We need to start a broad public dialogue aimed at national reconciliation," Byalyatski told the court in a statement published online by the Viasna human rights organisation he co-founded in 1996. Byalyatski was already in jail and awaiting trial long before he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last October, along with Russian human rights organisation Memorial and Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties. "The criminal case against us, the human rights activists of Viasna, is politically motivated," Byalyatski said. He has brushed off accusations of human rights abuses.

☆ Nobel Prize-winning rights defender goes on trial in Belarus
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Byalyatski, who co-founded the Viasna human rights group, sits inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus January 5, 2023. The 60-year-old, who co-founded the Viasna human rights group, and two other representatives of the group who also went on trial watched from inside a metal cage before proceedings were adjourned until Friday. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Russian rights group Memorial and Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties last October, but had been arrested in 2021 along with the two co-workers from Viasna. A fourth rights defender who fled Belarus is being prosecuted in absentia in the same case. "The allegations against our colleagues are linked to their human rights activity, the Viasna human rights centre's provision of help to the victims of politically motivated persecution," the group said of the case.

☆ Nobel Peace Prize winners blast Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine shared their visions of a fairer world and denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine during Saturday’s award ceremony. “This would not be peace, but occupation.”Matviichuk repeated her earlier call for Putin — and Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who provided his country’s territory for Russian troops to invade Ukraine — to face an international tribunal. Nobel Peace Prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk delivers a speech during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony. Sergei Gapon / AFP via Getty ImagesMatviichuk was named a co-winner of the 2022 peace prize in October along with Russian human rights group Memorial and Ales Bialiatski, head of the Belarusian rights group Viasna. “I know exactly what kind of Ukraine would suit Russia and Putin — a dependent dictatorship,” he said.

☆ Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and two human rights groups win 2022 Nobel Peace Prize
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-07 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Belarusian human rights activis Ales Bialiatski speaks after he and the Belarusian human rights organization Vjasna were awarded the 2020 Right Livelihood Award in Stockholm on December 3, 2020. Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties have been awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel committee said he had "devoted his life to promoting democracy and peaceful development in his home country." The Center for Civil Liberties was set up in 2007 to support Ukrainian civil society, promote human rights and campaign for full democracy in the country. The final recipient, Russian rights group Memorial, was founded in 1987 in the former Soviet Union to honor victims of political oppression.

☆ Noi proteste în Belarus față de președintele Lukașenko: Protestatarii, așteptați pe străzi de tunuri cu apă și polițiști însoțiți de câini
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-20 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Mii de oameni au ieșit duminică pe străzile din Belarus pentru o nouă demonstrație pentru a cere plecarea președintelui Alexander Lukașenko, relatează AFP. Peste 30 de persoane au fost arestate în total în Minsk și în alte orașe din Belarus, potrivit Centrului pentru drepturile omului Viasna. Poliția patrula pe străzile din Minsk cu câini și tunuri de apă au fost mobilizate în număr mare, potrivit jurnalistului AFP. "Întreaga lume vede mișcarea de protest din Belarus și, datorită protestelor, toată lumea ne susține", a declarat figura principală a opoziției din Belarus, Svetlana Tihanovskaya, refugiată în Lituania, într-un discurs video publicat în ajunul demonstrației de duminică. De duminică, Belarus a interzis, de asemenea, temporar ieșirile din țară pe cale terestră, din cauza pandemiei de coronavirus.

Persons: Alexander Lukașenko, Lukașenko, Svetlana Tihanovskaya Locations: Belarus, Minsk, Belarusului, Occident, Moscova, Lituania

☆ Noi proteste în Belarus împotriva lui Lukaşenko. Mii de oameni au ieșit în stradă, în ciuda interdicției de a demonstra
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-07 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Mii de manifestanţi au sfidat interdicţia de a demonstra şi au ieşit din nou în stradă duminică în Belarus pentru a protesta împotriva veteranului preşedinte Alexander Lukaşenko pentru a cincea lună consecutiv, relatează agenţiile internaţionale de presă. "Aşa va fi până la victorie", a spus Tihanovskaia, lăudându-i pe protestatari pentru curajul lor, relatează DPA. Proteste în masă împotriva preşedintelui Lukaşenko au avut loc în fiecare weekend la Minsk de la alegerile prezidenţiale disputate din 9 august, pe care Lukaşenko a spus că le-a câştigat, cu peste 80% din voturi. Oponenţii săi susţin că votul a fost fraudat şi vor ca acesta să renunţe la putere, aminteşte Reuters. Uniunea Europeană a denunţat alegerile din august ca "nici libere, nici corecte" şi a refuzat să-l recunoască pe Lukaşenko drept actual preşedinte.

Persons: Alexander Lukaşenko, Svetlana, Protestatarii, Lukaşenko, Reuters, Poliţia Organizations: Agerpres, Uniunea Europeană Locations: Belarus, Minsk, Belarusului, ONU, Europa de Est, Rusia, UE Polonia, Lituania, Occident, preşedinte

☆ Noi proteste în Belarus împotriva lui Lukaşenko. Mii de oameni au ieșit în stradă
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-07 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

This video is made in one of the Minsk districts. Dozens of rallies like this are taking place in Minsk today. This video is made in one of the Minsk districts. Oponenţii săi susţin că votul a fost fraudat şi vor ca acesta să renunţe la putere, aminteşte Reuters. Uniunea Europeană a denunţat alegerile din august ca "nici libere, nici corecte" şi a refuzat să-l recunoască pe Lukaşenko drept actual preşedinte.

Persons: Svetlana, Impressive, Protestatarii, preşedintelui Lukașenko, Lukaşenko, Reuters, Poliţia Organizations: Agerpres, Uniunea Europeană Locations: Minsk, Minsk today, Belarusului, ONU, Europa de Est, Rusia, UE Polonia, Lituania, Occident, preşedinte

☆ Noi proteste în Belarus împotriva lui Lukaşenko: Mii de oameni au ieșit în stradă, în ciuda interdicțiilor
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-07 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Persons: Svetlana, Impressive, Protestatarii, Lukaşenko, Reuters, Poliţia Organizations: Agerpres, Uniunea Europeană Locations: Minsk, Minsk today, Belarusului, ONU, Europa de Est, Rusia, UE Polonia, Lituania, Occident, preşedinte

☆ Noi proteste în Belarus împotriva lui Lukaşenko
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-06 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

☆ Noi proteste în Belarus împotriva lui Lukaşenko. 160 de persoane au fost reţinute
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-06 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

"Aşa va fi până la victorie", a spus Tihanovskaia, lăudându-i pe protestatari pentru curajul lor, relatează DPA. Centrul pentru drepturile omului Viasna a raportat că 160 de persoane au fost reţinute. Proteste în masă împotriva preşedintelui Lukaşenko au avut loc în fiecare weekend la Minsk de la alegerile prezidenţiale disputate din 9 august, pe care Lukaşenko a spus că le-a câştigat, cu peste 80% din voturi. Oponenţii săi susţin că votul a fost fraudat şi vor ca acesta să renunţe la putere, aminteşte Reuters. Poliţia a reprimat violent manifestaţiile, ONU estimând că peste 27.000 de persoane au fost reţinute din august.

Europenii i-au sancţionat deja pe Aleksandr Lukaşenko, pe fiul său Viktor şi câteva zeci de membri ai anturajului lor şi înalţi responsabili belaruşi. Ei au atenţionat cu noi sancţiuni după moartea unui opozant, decedat după ce a fost arestat. Svetlana Tihanovskaia s-a refugiat în străinătate, la fel ca aproape toţi reprezentanţii marcanţi ai opoziţiei care nu au fost plasaţi în detenţie. Susţinut de Moscova, Aleksandr Lukaşenko refuză să plece de la putere şi nu a evocat decât vagi reforme constituţionale în încercarea de a calma protestele. Luni, Lukaşenko a dat asigurări că a convenit să „transfere 70-80% din puterile preşedintelui către Parlament, guvern şi alte structuri", în scopul unor reforme ipotetice despre care nu se cunoaşte nimic.

Persons: Olga Cemodanova, Svetlana Tihanovskaia, Aleksandr Lukaşenko, Viktor, Luni, Lukaşenko Organizations: Interne Locations: Belarus, decedat, străinătate, Moscova

☆ Peste o mie de persoane, reținute...
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-09 | by ( ) www.realitatea.md time to read: +1 min

Principala figură a opoziţiei belaruse Svetlana Tihanovskaia a denunţat luni un nou val de represiune după arestarea a peste 1.000 de persoane cu o zi înainte în timpul marelui miting săptămânal împotriva preşedintelui Alexandr Lukaşenko, relatează France Presse. Peste o mie de persoane au fost arestate, alte sute au fost bătute cu picioarele şi bastoanele”, a denunţat opozanta, care a plecat în exil în Lituania la scurt timp după scrutinul pe care ea consideră că l-a câştigat. În fiecare duminică începând din august, zeci de mii de belaruşi au manifestat pe străzile capitalei pentru a obţine plecarea lui Lukaşenko. Acesta din urmă a rezistat însă presiunii străzii şi a multiplicat loviturile împotriva opoziţiei, arestând sau forţând să plece în exil majoritatea figurilor mişcării de contestare. Intervenţiile poliţiei împotriva manifestanţilor, după o pauză la sfârşitul verii, au căpătat de asemenea amploare în ultimele săptămâni, în timp ce mobilizarea străzii, chiar dacă rămâne importantă, pare să scadă.

Persons: Svetlana Tihanovskaia, Alexandr Lukaşenko, poliţia, Lukaşenko, Tihanovskaia, Opozanta Organizations: France Locations: Lituania, Minsk, Lukaşenko, Rusiei

☆ Belarus: Opoziţia denunţă peste 1.000 de arestări efectuate duminică
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-09 | by ( ) tvrmoldova.md time to read: +2 min

09.11.2020 16:45 Vizualizari:Belarus: Opoziţia denunţă peste 1.000 de arestări efectuate duminicăPrincipala figură a opoziţiei belaruse Svetlana Tihanovskaia a denunţat luni un nou val de represiune după arestarea a peste 1.000 de persoane cu o zi înainte în timpul marelui miting săptămânal împotriva preşedintelui Aleksandr Lukaşenko, relatează France Presse, citată de Agerpres. "Belaruşii manifestă împotriva violenţei şi cei care le rup picioarele (...) nu merită să fie numiţi belaruşi", a spus ea, mulţumind manifestanţilor care au mărşăluit din nou în număr mare duminică la Minsk. În fiecare duminică începând din august, zeci de mii de belaruşi au manifestat pe străzile capitalei pentru a obţine plecarea lui Lukaşenko. Acesta din urmă a rezistat însă presiunii străzii şi a multiplicat loviturile împotriva opoziţiei, arestând sau forţând să plece în exil majoritatea figurilor mişcării de contestare. Opozanta a primit sprijinul majorităţii capitalelor occidentale, în timp ce Lukaşenko are susţinerea Rusiei, putere regională, aminteşte AFP.

Persons: Svetlana Tihanovskaia, Aleksandr Lukaşenko, poliţia, Lukaşenko, Tihanovskaia, Opozanta Organizations: France, Agerpres Locations: Belarus, Opoziţia, Lituania, Minsk, Lukaşenko, Rusiei

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