Iryna Abdukeryna has been recognized as a political prisoner. She was born on May 27 and had to meet her 50th birthday in a general-security penal colony. She was accused in aiding the Bielaruski Hajun Telegram channel for sending a video showing the relocation of military equipment across Belarus. Iryna had worked as a teacher …
The Belarusian female political prisoner Viktoryia Kulsha was initially sentenced to two years of imprisonment in the penal colony, and later for one more year, and then again for one more year. The woman was deprived of visits with her family, phone calls, and the possibility to receive parcels. She wrote a letter to her …
Yuliya is the aunt of the female political prisoner, Vitaliya Bandarenka. Yuliya last saw her beloved niece in January 2021, the day Vitaliya left Belarus but later returned. She was detained and sentenced to four years in prison for participating in the protests in 2020. Yuliya writes touching words in her social media about her …
The aunt of palitviazynka Vitaliya Bandarenka said, ‘She wrote that I have to meet her.’ Read More »
Volha Zalatar is a mother of five children who is currently in political imprisonment. She has been sentenced to four years in prison. Here is an excerpt from her letter: “I can hardly bear the thought that I won’t be able to celebrate Easter with you [my family]. I won’t be able to bake an …
Volha Zalatar: “The letter of mother in political imprisonment” Read More »
A Belarusian female political prisoner, Iryna Melkher, was born in 1955. She was sentenced to 17 years of imprisonment in a penal colony, and her son Anton was also condemned. Firstly, Anton was detained while Iryna was not at home at that time. When the woman went to search for her son, she returned home …
Former female political prisoner Hanna Baran told us how political prisoners were deprived of normal living conditions: – The political prisoners had four check-ups a day. Constantly being outside regardless of the weather, constantly cleaning up the area. When it was full sun, your skin would scorch. And you would get the “colonial tan”. That …
Hanna Baran: “We were distinguished by the triangle scorched by the sun on our necks” Read More »
My name is Sasha (the name was changed in order to ensure my relatives’ safety). I am a former female political prisoner. I haven’t seen my beloved husband and my sister for a year and several days. They are also political prisoners, but they are in the colony, while I am in another country. Yes, …
Sasha: “I lie down every night with thoughts about my beloved family.” Read More »
“Vika was detained at the end of May and she was charged with two Administrative Code cases. Two photos of her from the Protest rally were found during that time and that was the reason for charging article No 342 of the Criminal Code. Her persecution is 100% revenge for her brother. The criminal case …
Viktoryia Navitskaya is a Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment volunteer’s sister Read More »
Palitviazynka Vitaliya Bandarenka was born in 2002 year. She was sentenced to 4 years in a penal colony for taking part in protests in August 2020. Vita (as Vitaliya was called by other palitviazynkas) got married in a colony. Here’s what a former female political prisoner said about Vita: “She was really worried because Vita …
Ina Shyrokaya characterizes prison daily life as simple and miserable. “I learned to sleep with a book in my hands without showing that I am asleep and to move while lying down when the prison worker on duty looks through the judas-hole, in order to make him think that I am sleeping. I learned to …
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