Leanid Sudalenka

On January 26, human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka was transferred to the penal colony Vitsba-3 near the Belarusian city of Vitsebsk,

On November 3, Tsentralny district court of Homiel completed hearing and passed guilty verdicts in the case of Leanid Sudalenka, human rights defender and chairman of the Homieĺ branch of the human rights centre Viasna, as well as volunteer Tatsyana Lasitsa.

Pro-Lukashenka activist Yury Vaskrasenski called on jailed human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka to file a petition for pardon, Euroradio reports.

The human rights activist has been behind bars since January 18.

He remains in custody in pre-detention center in Homiel.

On January 18, the local police arrested Leanid Sudalenka, human rights defender and chairman of the Homieĺ branch of the human rights centre Viasna.

On Tuesday, a nine-hour search took place in the building of the social and political centre in the Belarusian city of Homiel; there the local human rights defenders’ office (Homielskaya Vyasna) is located.