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On 31 August the information, that the accused in the “graffiti case” fully confessed their guilt, repented for the crime and fully compensated the damage, appeared on the site of the Investigative Committee. After that, a preventive measure against the two accused was changed to recognizance not to leave. Two other young men remain in the status of suspects.

In 1989, some Norwegian human rights organisations came together to create a human rights community that would help improve cooperation, share knowledge and expertise, and reduce operating costs.

On 22 August it was reported that Aliaksandr Lukashenka pardoned six political prisoners, however human rights defenders call on the authorities to take steps for further improvements in the field of human rights.

Five youth activists, detained on 11 August in connection with the appearance of patriotic graffiti in Minsk, could become another political prisoners.

Belarusian graduates and experts of the “International Law in Advocacy” program created a Russian-language electronic catalog of the decisions of the UN Committees on individual complaints.

On 4 August the action of support for the Belarusian political prisoners was held in Vilnius, organized within the framework of the International Day of Solidarity with civil society of Belarus. Several dozen people gathered in the center of Vilnius to prove that solidarity is stronger than repressions.

As part of the International Day of Solidarity with the civil society of Belarus on 4 August the action in support of Belarusian political prisoners will be held in Vilnius. It was on 4 August 2011 when a prominent Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski was arrested in Minsk. Although he was granted early parole in 2014, the pressure on human rights defenders and activists continues. At least 6 political prisoners remain imprisoned in Belarus and there is no guarantee that there will be no new cases of political persecution in the light of the upcoming Presidential Elections in Belarus scheduled for 11 of October.

Initiative group for the nomination of the political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich as a presidential candidate in the upcoming elections has been denied registration. This, according to the head of his group Maryna Adamovich, violates the Electoral Code. The secretary of the Central Electoral Commission, in turn, has publicly expressed doubt that the voters can vote for a candidate with a criminal record.

The presidential elections in Belarus are scheduled for 11 October. While the initiative groups of candidates are getting registered in the Central Election Commission, and the election campaign is only launching, there is already a surprise for the election observers – during the current presidential elections, there will be the requirement of the mandatory accreditation for national observers for the first time.