Viasna chairman Ales Bialiatski, deputy chairman Valiantsin Stefanovich, and lawyer Uladzimir Labkovich have been detained for more than 200 days.

They were detained on July 14, 2021, and accused of large-scale tax evasion for their human rights activities and a strong commitment to the principles of humanism.

On January 28, the Partyzanski District Court of Minsk considered another appeal of Ales Bialiatski against the extension of his detention. Details of the trial are unknown, as the trial was held in private and the lawyer is under a non-disclosure order. The court did not grant the appeal, and thus the human rights defender will remain in pre-trial detention center.