On the first anniversary of the unprecedented crackdown on the Human Rights Center Viasna (“Viasna”) in Belarus, 23 international and Belarusian human rights organizations are launching a campaign to demand the release of seven detained Viasna members and highlight the plight of hundreds of others, who have been prosecuted and jailed solely for exercising their rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression.
Protests in Belarus
Human Rights Watch: Belarus systematically attacks Viasna human rights group
A Belrus police officer gives chase to a man at a planned rally after protesters were prevented from doing so by police, who cordoned off several streets, a main square and park in Minsk, on March 27, 2021.
