Belarusian political prisoners

Prominent opposition activist Pavel Sevyarynets is expected to walk out free after his labor exile term ends on Saturday, October 19.

The European Parliament announced the 2013 Sakharov Prize winner today, on Thursday, October 10.

Playwright Tom Stoppard has collected this year's Pen Pinter Prize at the British Library in London.

These are the requirements for starting a PACE dialogue with the Belarusian authorities.

The contest committee of the Václav Havel human rights prize decided this in Strasbourg today. The prize fund is EUR 60 thousand.

The vice President of the International Human Right Federation and head of Viasna is marking his birthday in Babruisk prison #2.

The ex-political prisoner was transferred there on September 21.

The hearing will start at 3.30 p.m. in Hrodna Lenin District Court.

The ex-political prisoner served punishment in the center for isolation of law-breakers and was to be released on Saturday.