prisons of Belarus
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August 2020
Torture and abuse in 2020 – story of Viachka K.
33 years old, musician. "They command you to run, but you don't know where, and they laugh and beat you and pass you around from one person to another"
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August 2020
Torture and abuse in 2020 – Ivan’s story
"Should we take him to the woods or turn him into a cripple?" The reply was: "We don't have much time, so let's make him a cripple!"
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August 2020
Torture and violence in 2020 – Mikita’s story
22 years old, student. "The garage gate was closed, and the only thing that could be heard from behind it was the sound of automatic rifles being reloaded"
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August 2020
Torture and violence in 2020 – Ihar’s story
28 years old, freelancer. "I have decided that I'd rather take to the streets and get hit in the head than be ashamed of sitting everything out at home"
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August 2020
Torture and abuse in 2020 – Aliaksei’s story
25 years old. "We cannot win without a fight, and the situation can't be resolved peacefully anymore"
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Articles
Natallia Hersche: “I want to come to New Belarus!”
Ten months after her release, the former political prisoner talked to Gazetaby.com about how she hadn't given in while in detention despite the terrible conditions, how she was undergoing rehabilitation,…
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News
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.
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News
Political prisoners are denied medical care in Belarusian prisons
The leader of the Belarusian National Front party Ryhor Kastusiou needs urgent hospital care. He might have cancer.
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News
Offender detention center on Akrestsina Street is Auschwitz of 21st century
Dzianis Urbanovich describes conditions in the Akrestsina offender detention center as genocide: any person who gets there is “simply destroyed”.
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News
Andrei Dynko: “It’s me, I’ve come back from the other world”
Andrei Dynko, the editor-in-chief of Nasha Historyia, spent 13 days at Akrestsina; he wrote a life-affirming column.