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Urgent Action Outcome: Human Rights Defender Sentenced To 7 YearsNasta (Anastasia) Loika was sentenced to 7 years in a penal colony on 20 June 2023.
Past work, Urgent action outcomes 27 Jul 2023 -
Urgent Action Outcome: Human Rights Defender Released
Belarusian human rights defender Nasta Loika was released on 6 October after spending 30 days in arbitrary detention.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Oct 2022 -
Belarus/EU: Authorities playing 'sordid game' with asylum-seekers and migrants - new evidencePress release 20 Dec 2021 -
Belarus: Scathing prison sentence for opposition leader is politically motivatedHomel Regional Court today sentenced Syrahei Tsikhanouski to 18 years in prison
Press release 14 Dec 2021 -
EU: New asylum proposals threaten to ‘throw out the rule book’ on human rightsEuropean Commission proposals would allow some countries to hold asylum-seekers and migrants at the border for 16 weeks with minimal safeguards
Press release 01 Dec 2021 -
UK: Dispatching soldiers to help Poland pushback refugees and migrants shows 'shocking disregard for human life'This is a humanitarian disaster which every government involved continues to ignore while exacerbating the dreadful suffering of people affected
Press release 12 Nov 2021 -
Poland: 17 Afghans violently pushed back to Belarus by authorities at borderPress release 20 Oct 2021 -
Poland: Digital evidence indicates Afghan asylum seekers illegally pushed back into Belarus
Amnesty’s Evidence Lab analysed and verified satellite imagery, videos and photographs of incidents at the border
Press release 30 Sep 2021 -
Belarus: Leading opposition figures sentenced to jail for peaceful protestsMaryia Kalesnikava and Maksim Znak sentenced to 10 and 11 years respectively
Press release 06 Sep 2021 -
Poland: Declaration of state of emergency puts Afghan refugees at riskAmnesty is calling on Poland’s government to end pushbacks, to ensure access to the territory for those seeking protection, and to immediately provide refugees held at the border with Belarus with essential humanitarian assistance.
Press release 02 Sep 2021 -
Poland/Belarus: 32 Afghans trapped at border must be helpedLarge group of Afghans, including a 15-year-old girl, marooned near Polish village of Usnarz Górny for more than a fortnight
Press release 25 Aug 2021 -
Belarus: 'No end in sight' to horrific 'human rights crisis' in the countryGovernment continues overwhelming human rights violations following one-year anniversary of presidential election
Press release 09 Aug 2021 -
Ukraine: Vitaly Shishov's death must be thoroughly investigatedThe circumstances around Vitaly’s death suggest it is linked to the Belarusian authorities.
Press release 03 Aug 2021 -
Belarus: Lukashenko makes sport a 'battleground' for athletes who dare to speak out against governmentKrystsina Tsimanouskaya among many athletes in Belarus facing reprisals from the government
Press release 02 Aug 2021 -
Belarus: Government's latest crackdown on human rights groups 'another dark day' for the country
Authorities have dissolved at least 46 NGOs, alleging that they carried out activities ‘beyond their charters’
Press release 23 Jul 2021 -
Belarus: Dozen civil society groups raided in latest crackdownAmnesty international has condemned a wave of raids of civil society organisations in Belarus today.
Press release 14 Jul 2021 -
Belarus: former presidential contender jailed for 14 yearsResponse to today’s jailing of the former Belarusian presidential contender Viktar Babaryka by a court in Minsk.
Press release 06 Jul 2021 -
Belarus: law student jailed for graduation speechAmnesty International is calling for the immediate release of a Belarusian student jailed for 15 days after making a graduation speech in which she honoured past staff members and graduates who have faced reprisals for supporting peaceful protests in the…
Press release 02 Jul 2021 -
Belarus: Roman Protasevich placed under house arrest in 'cynical ploy'The journalist and his partner Sofya Sapega have been moved from pre-trial detention to house arrest.
Press release 25 Jun 2021 -
Belarus: medics paying 'heavy-price' in Lukashenko's crackdown - new briefingHealth workers in Belarus who provided emergency medical care during anti-government demonstrations or spoke out against protesters’ deaths and injuries are facing brutal reprisals from the authorities.
Press release 17 Jun 2021
