Belarusian political prisoners who had been launched on 11 September and deported to Lithuania have in contrast jail circumstances in Belarus to medieval torture.
Supply: a press convention in Vilnius on 12 September, as reported by Radio Liberty’s Ukrainian service
Quote from anarchist Mikola Dziadok: "The world doesn’t realise the dimensions of what’s taking place in Belarus – human rights violations, sexual and bodily violence… I used to be held in solitary confinement in Grodno jail. I might get up at night time as a result of grown males had been actually howling. They had been calling for his or her moms. That’s how a lot they had been affected by the chilly. They started to listen to voices. Nobody beat them. However I’ve turn into satisfied which you can drive an individual to insanity and dying just by leaving them in solitary confinement."
Деталі: "Інший звільнений 11 вересня Геннадій Фединич розповів, що вранці того дня, коли політв’язнів мали вивозити із СІЗО КДБ, їх навіть не погодували – дали чай і ложку каші: "Ніхто не став їсти, безумовно. Але ця ворожість, яка там існує, наводить на думку, що дії людей спрямовані на те, щоб зробити все гірше. Нічого, витримаємо".
Лідерка білоруських демократичних сил та голова Об'єднаного перехідного кабінету Світлана Тихановська заявила, що всі звільнені політв’язні повинні мати право виїхати чи залишитись у Білорусі.
"Ми всі раді бачити людей на волі, але називаймо речі своїми іменами. Те, що сталося вчора, – це не звільнення, а примусова депортація. Ми всі переживаємо за долю Миколи Статкевича, який відмовився виїжджати з Білорусі. І він мав на це право. Тепер його місце перебування невідоме. Його мужній вчинок нагадує вчинок Марії Колеснікової, яка розірвала свій паспорт", – сказала вона.
Particulars: One other launched prisoner, Henadz Fiadynich, mentioned that on the morning of 11 September, when the political prisoners had been on account of be taken from the KGB detention centre, they weren’t even given correct meals – just a few tea and a spoonful of porridge. "Nobody touched it, after all. However the hostility that exists there means that these individuals’s actions are aimed toward making issues worse. By no means thoughts, we are going to endure."
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the Belarusian democratic chief and head of the United Transitional Cupboard of Belarus, mentioned that each one launched political prisoners ought to have the precise to both depart or stay in Belarus.
Quote from Tsikhanouskaya: "We’re all glad to see individuals free, however let’s name issues by their title. What occurred yesterday was not a launch however a compelled deportation. We’re all involved concerning the destiny of Mikola Statkevich, who refused to depart Belarus. And he had the precise to take action. Now his whereabouts are unknown. His brave act echoes that of Maria Kalesnikava, who tore up her passport."
Particulars: The opposition chief added that her workplace will proceed to press for the discharge of political prisoners and assist those that are freed with paperwork. She mentioned €85,000 had been raised in a single day to assist them.
RFE/RL President and CEO Stephen Capus, who spoke after Tsikhanouskaya, famous that the Trump administration was concerned from the outset in securing the political prisoners’ launch, and that with out these efforts, it could not have occurred.
Background:
- On 11 September, Belarus launched 38 of its residents and 14 overseas nationals – from Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Germany, France and the UK – from penal establishments. Amongst them was Radio Liberty journalist Ihar Losik, who had spent greater than 5 years in jail.
- Trump, who held a cellphone dialog final month with self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, mentioned earlier this month that he hoped Minsk would launch most of the lots of of political prisoners.
- Andrei Pidnebenny, 36, has turn into the ninth political prisoner identified to have died in jail in Belarus.
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