This is an undated photo provided by Viasna Human Rights Center of Mikita Zalatarou,a 17-year-old from the city of Gomel who was sentenced in February to 4 and a half years in a prison colony for the underaged, for taking part in protests. Zalatarou and two of his friends were arrested a day after the Aug. 9 presidential election on charges of throwing firebombs at police during a protest in the city. He denied the charges.
During the trial, Zalatarou, who has epilepsy, said he was denied medication and beaten in prison. The nation’s top state investigative agency, the Investigative Committee of Belarus, which has law enforcement authority for pre-trial criminal proceedings., rejected the demand by Zalatarou’s father for a probe into the beating.
“Despite the high walls and barred windows I feel free,” Zalatar wrote in a letter from prison. “I believe that everything will be fine with our family and with our country. I have got a unique experience and met some extraordinary people.
During the mass demonstrations triggered by Lukashenko’s reelection, Liubetski volunteered to provide medical attention for protesters who were beaten by police. He also criticized authorities on Facebook, calling for corruption, abuse of power and political repression to end. Marusevich was one of thousands of Belarusian athletes who supported the post-election protests. He was arrested in September and accused of throwing pieces of asphalt at police officers and kicking a police vehicle during a protest in Brest, a city on Belarus’ border with Poland.
sergei_davidis Нет у Лукашенко прав так издеваться над людьми, только страх за своё будущее.
So my dialysis tech is from Belarus. He had planned family trip back to Belarus in Sep. He’s cancelled it. Stupid me assumed it was due to Covid surge. Nope.. he’s afraid he might get snapped up there during his visit and never be able to come back to US. Very 👁 opening convo.
What's about Guantánamo?
MAYBE IF THEY CHANGED THEIR POLITICS AND APPRECIATED ALL THE FREEDOMS CHRIS KYLE DIED FOR AMERICAN SNIPER THIS WOULDNT HAVE HAPPENED
🤡 This coverage in comparison to your framing of the Uyghur genocide would be comic if it wasn’t so disgusting.
Extraordinarily brave people. True heroes. Humbling stories.
Thousands of Belarusians were tortured during brutal crack down on peaceful protests, 8 precious lives were taken by regime special forces, 608 people face tortured every single day in prisons…. StandwithBelarus BelarusRemembers stoplukashenko