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Aksana Aliakseyeva

Aksana Aliakseyeva, the chairwoman of the Minsk organization of the United Civil Party, was detained along with her colleagues. She was sentenced to one year of imprisonment for grossly violating the order. The search conducted during her arrest resulted in the shattering of her apartment entrance door. Aksana contracted coronavirus while in prison and struggled …

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Iryna Abdukeryna

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 …

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Iryna Melkher

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 …

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