inhumane detention conditions
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Death of Vitold Ashurak: What prison walls hide
Former political prisoners Viktar and Siarhei, who served time in Shklou, managed to obtain information about Vitold Ashurak's death in the penal colony and are now sharing it.
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Maria Kalesnikava admitted to intensive care
Political prisoner Maria Kalesnikava was taken to a hospital with a surgical condition and underwent surgery on November 28, according to the Telegram account of the opposition politician Viktar Babaryka.…
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Repression at National Academy of Sciences: scientists give lectures to one another in prison
Security forces detained at least 44 scientists during a "raid" on the National Academy of Sciences in early November. Criminal cases were launched against some of them. Now all the…
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Political prisoner Kseniya Lutskina receives no medical care in prison
The father of journalist Kseniya Lutskina, who had been sentenced to eight years of imprisonment, told the Narodnaya Volya newspaper that her health had deteriorated significantly: her asthma had flared…
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Prison in Zhodzina: overcrowded cells and severe abuse
More than 600 people were arrested in Belarus before and after the referendum, mostly for anti-war protests. A former detainee told Viasna about horrifying conditions in the Zhodzina prison.
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Anti-war protests in Belarus: first-hand account of beatings
More than 800 people were detained in Belarus on 27 February 2022 for participating in anti-war protests. Most of them were sentenced to 15 days in jail.
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Appeal to UN regarding violations of detainees’ rights in Zeltsar case
Viasna human rights defenders sent an appeal to the UN Special Rapporteurs on the human rights situation in Belarus regarding the issue of torture and other forms of inhuman and…
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Detained human rights defender goes on hunger strike
Volha Harbunova, a Belarusian human rights defender detained for organizing women's marches, is on a hunger strike to protest the illegal detention.
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Political trials on 20 September
1.5 years in prison for insulting Lukashenko, 7.5 years in prison for being a member of Viktar Babaryka's team.
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New BYPOL investigation into torture in detention centers
BYPOL has published the results of an investigation revealing identities of those responsible for the conditions "political" detainees were kept in in detention centers.