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Review of the Human Rights Center Viasna's ‘List of political prisoners and persons convicted in political criminal cases’

Version 1.0, published: Feb. 4, 2026.

Stas Gorelik


Main category: Protests
Curated by: Svetlana Erpyleva
Additional categories: Miscellaneous
Stas Gorelik (2026): Review of the Human Rights Center Viasna's ‘List of political prisoners and persons convicted in political criminal cases’ (published on Human Rights Center Viasna), v. 1.0, Discuss Data, https://doi.org/10.48320/4AF13886-95D9-497C-8E35-03F751E033F3

Description

The list of Belarusian political prisoners and individuals convicted in politically motivated criminal cases is compiled and maintained by Viasna, the country’s most authoritative human rights organization, founded in 1996 by Ales Bialiatski, recipient of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. The dataset contains almost 8000 individual records and covers cases beginning in the late 1990s, with the majority dating from the post-2020 period of intensified repression. The dataset is available for access and download (tabular data) through Viasna’s website.

Countries

Belarus

Keywords

Human Rights Belarus Protests Political Prisoners 2020 Protests In Belarus

Language of data

Belarusian English Russian

Methods of data collection

Document Analysis Interviews Media Analysis