Akrestsina detention center
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In 2023, 62 organizations were labeled “extremist”, 11 of them are media outlets
Currently, there are 169 “extremist formations” in Belarus, 62 of them were put on the list in 2023. Viasna reports the organizations that were recognized as “extremist formations” in 2023…
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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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“One can’t endure such conditions. He will die”: Repeated arrests and torture in Belarus
This has been a common practice in Belarus for more than a year now: after a person is sentenced to a few days of administrative detention, they are repeatedly detained…
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“Political prisoners are treated worse than murderers”
Aksana Kaspiarovich was detained at her workplace in September 2021 in connection with the so-called "Zeltsar case": she made comments on Instagram about the murder of the IT professional Andrei…
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Eastern Orthodox priest sentenced to 14 days in jail
Uladzislau Bahamolnikau, a priest of the Eastern Orthodox Church, was detained in Minsk. He was among the priests of the Russian Orthodox Church who made an appeal against Russia's war…
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Cuban deported from Belarus manages to get to Lithuania
Cuban expat Roberto Valdes Casanueva spent more than a year awaiting deportation in the Akrestsina detention center for participation in the peaceful protests. On 10 December 2021, he was deported…
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Tatsiana Batura: 46 days in jail, hunger strike, solitary confinement, and father’s death
Political prisoner Tatsiana Batura, who spent 46 days in the Akrestsina detention center, was allowed to attend her father's funeral. She was able to leave the country afterwards.
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Women prisoners go on hunger strike in Akrestsina detention center
Women prisoners in the notorious Akrestsina detention center have announced a hunger strike in protest against harsh detention conditions.
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Spouses spent more than 100 days in prison for personal correspondence
The court has punished spouses Siarhei Krupenich and Nastassia Krupenich-Kandratsieva with administrative detention for the eighth time in a row. They will spend a total of 111 and 112 days…