Author: 9a55o_ICoT
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Torture of LGBTQ+ people and the regime’s homophobic policies
Report of the International Committee for the Investigation of Torture in Belarus, co-authored with the Legal Initiative. Based on data collected by the International Committee for the Investigation of Torture in Belarus and HRC «Viasna». Homophobia in Belarus has been widespread for quite a long time and at the highest level. Since 2010, public homophobic […]
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«You will die here»
Testimonies of the Prisoners of Akrestina Public investigation of cases of mass torture in the Center for isolation of offenders in the city of Minsk on August 9-14, 2020 Among the horrors of August 9-14 the most nightmarish events took place at the Center for isolation of offenders on Okrestina. For five days more than […]
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HOW DID THE NUMBER OF POLITICAL PRISONERS GROW?
Today, October 18, 2022, there are 1,339 political prisoners in Belarus. Although this number has long become an indicator of the human rights crisis for Belarusians, many still have a question: 1339 is that a lot? If yes, how many?
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HOW MANY SECURITY OFFICIALS ARE IN BELARUS?
Belarus is often referred to as a “police state” referring to the fact that we have the highest concentration of police in Europe. However, official information on the number of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is classified, and the data in different sources differ. We tried to figure out how many security officials […]
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UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION IS A LEGAL WAY TO FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS
Belarus today is “a country where there is no time for laws”. Confirmation of this is the mass torture with which the security forces respond to peaceful protests. A sense of justice dictates that such egregious crimes must be punished. But how can this be achieved if the judicial system of the Republic of Belarus […]
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GUBOPiK, The Regime’s Punitive Agency for Combating Dissent
Report by International Committee for Investigation of Torture in Belarus
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BELARUSIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE WAR IN UKRAINE: REGIME AND PEOPLE
“We went for the peace, and ended up in prison” Anti-war actions of citizens and the reaction of the Belarusian regime
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Torture in the Frunzensky police department
Public investigation: torture of detainees in August 2020 in the Frunzensky police department of Minsk
