News on the topic: detention conditions
18.12.2013 Information about torture in KGB jail is “state secret”
Upon release from the KGB detention center in March 2011 former presidential candidate Ales Mikhalevich reported numerous facts of abuse and torture, and filed a complaint with the Prosecutor’s Office urging the officials to investigate the allegations.
16.12.2013 Mahiliou prison administration says destruction of letters is legitimate
An activist of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party “Hramada”, Leanid Haravy, received a response from head of the Mahiliou-based prison. He demanded an explanation why his letter did not reach political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich.
27.11.2013 Investigative Committee urged to open criminal case for “chlorine torture” in Mahiliou prison
Liudmila Kuchura, whose husband is serving a sentence in penal colony No. 15 in Mahiliou, told the Human Rights Center "Viasna" that the pressure used against the convict poses a serious threat to his health.
25.11.2013 Inmates of Mahiliou prison unable to subscribe to newspapers
Mrs. Taisia Kabanchuk, leader of the Babruisk office of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party, says that her friend received back her letter with a check for the subscription sent to Mahiliou prison No. 4.
21.11.2013 Activist complains about detention conditions
Leanid Smouzh, complains about the conditions of detention at the Center for isolation of offenders in Minsk’s Akrestsin Street, where he was held after a demonstration staged on November 10.
20.11.2013 Mikalay Authukhovich was not allowed to meet with his mother
Mikalay Autukhovich’s meeting with relatives was scheduled for November.
19.11.2013 Censorship of prisoners’ correspondence: how to eliminate unreasonable restrictions?
Censorship of mail correspondence of prisoners is one of the most extensive problems reported to human rights defenders from Belarusian prisons. Analyzing the practice, lawyer Pavel Sapelka compares it with the situation in prisons abroad, as well as considers the rules of national law in this area in the context of international human rights standards.
21.10.2013 Nikolai Avtukhovich: A Letter from Hell
Political prisoner Nikolai Avtukhovich wrote a shocking letter from jail.
27.09.2013 Mother of inmate who died in Svetlahorsk detention center challenges results of forensic examination
After receiving the results of an additional forensic examination, requested by Mrs. Valiantsina Akulich, the mother of Aliaksandr Akulich, who died while serving an arrest in the detention center in Svetlahorsk last May, the question of whether there was a direct causal link between the death of her son and the untimely provided medical aid remains unanswered.
27.09.2013 Prison paramedic accused of Ihar Ptichkin's death
A criminal case was initiated against a paramedic of the detention facility No. 1.
26.09.2013 Veterans of Soviet War in Afghanistan ask house arrest for Autukhovich
Veterans of the Soviet War in Afghanistan think the political prisoner should have a softer punishment.
26.09.2013 Mikalai Autukhovich recovers after attempted suicide
Information that political prisoner Mikalai Autukhovich, who is serving a prison sentence in Hrodna prison No. 1, inflicted serious injury upon himself has been completely confirmed. According to his lawyer, Autukhovich cut his abdomen with a razor blade, but is now doing well.
25.09.2013 Political prisoner Prakapenka denied meeting
Artsiom Prakapenka was denied of a long-term meeting with his parents.
20.09.2013 Pavel Sapelka: “Self-inflicted injuries and hunger strike is the only "peaceful" way to protest in prison"
Mikalai Autukhovich cut his stomach while serving his term in prison in Hrodna, the website of the Platform Innovation human rights NGO said in the morning of September 19. Ej.by contacted Pavel Sapelka, the lawyer who defended Autukhovich during the investigation and the trial.
19.09.2013 Human rights activists: Makalaj Autukhovich transferred back to cell
A political prisoner Mikalaj Autukhovich, who cut his stomach open with a blade in the prison number 1 (Hrodna), feels allright. A human rights activist Andrej Bandarenka, the head of a private cultural and educational institution Platform Innovation, told BelaPAN about that.
