News on the topic: detention conditions
19.09.2013 Mikalai Autukhovich cuts abdomen to protest harassment
Mikalai Autukhovich inflicted a serious bodily injury on himself, the Platform human rights NGO reports, quoting a confidential source in the Hrodna-based prison No. 1. According to the source, Autukhovich cut his abdomen with a razor blade in protest against the ongoing harassment from the prison authorities.
18.09.2013 Prison authorities keep harassing Mikalai Autukhovich
Mikalai Autukhovich learned on September 4 that prison supervisors charged him with violation of the internal regulations of the correctional institution, just one month ahead of the expected lifting of all penalties from him. Meanwhile, the political prisoner says he strictly observes the prison rules.
17.09.2013 Ihar Ptichkin was beaten by riot control group
Some details about the death of a Valadarka prison inmate became known.
22.08.2013 Mikalai Statkevich starts getting letters and greetings
Political prisoner and former presidential candidate Mikalai Statkevich finally started receiving birthday greetings and other letters, says the politician's wife Maryna Adamovich. Previously, the messages were almost completely blocked by the administration of the Mahiliou prison No. 4, Radio Racyja reports.
22.08.2013 Political prisoner Prakapenka can receive food parcels
The administration of penal colony No. 15 in Mahiliou lifted a ban on food parcels for Artsiom Prakapenka, says his father Anatol Prakapenka, as quoted by the Nasha Niva newspaper.
21.08.2013 Ales Bialiatski allowed short meeting with family
The imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski was visited today by his wife Natallia Pinchuk and sister Volha in the Babruisk-based penal colony No. 2.
21.08.2013 Department of Corrections afraid of publicity?
The Department of Corrections of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus did not allow an independent journalist in Vitsebsk region to visit the penitentiary system facilities. An application for this kind of inspection was lodged with the Department by a Vitsebsk member of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, Kanstantsin Mardvintsau.
19.08.2013 Prosecutor General's Office bounces Young Front’s appeal on recent death in Minsk detention center
The General Prosecutor's Office did not respond to an appeal of the youth organization "Young Front" (registered in the Czech Republic) on the situation with the death of Ihar Ptsichkin in the Minsk-based detention center No. 1. Instead, Prosecutor in charge of supervision over the legality of the execution of criminal penalties, A. Malashevich, forwarded the appeal to the head of the Department of Corrections of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Lt. Col. Darashko.
14.08.2013 Prison authorities see no grounds for revoking reprimands imposed on Ales Bialiatski
The administration of the Babruisk-based penal colony No. 2, where Ales Bialiatski is serving his sentence, replied to an appeal from the Belarusian Association of Journalists demanding milder conditions of his detention.
30.07.2013 Salihorsk human rights defenders ask to inspect detention center
Salihorsk members of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, Leanid Markhotka and Aliaksei Varabyou met with the chief of the district police department Aliaksandr Astreika to discuss the possibility of admission to the town detention center.
22.07.2013 Colony’s administration takes revenge at prisoners for telling about tortures
Prisoners of the penal colony in Navasady undergo pressure on the part of their wardens for spreading information on tortures.
22.07.2013 Maryna Adamovich: Finally, I am allowed to hear the voice of my husband
Mikola Statkevich was granted the right to use phone. Political prisoner took advantage of this opportunity and called his wife – Maryna Adamovich. For the first time in a long time, she was able to hear her husband.
17.07.2013 Statkevich’s letter sent to Prosecutor’s Office
According to Maryna Adamovich, wife of the political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich, he is facing more obstacles in his correspondence. Earlier, letters from Statkevich simply did not pass censorship, while letters sent to him “disappeared” or if the letter was sent by registered mail the political prisoner only received an empty envelope.
25.06.2013 Eduard Lobau: Summer began, but prison diet lacks fruits and vegetables
Young Front activist Eduard Lobau who serves his sentence in a penal colony, was visited by his mother – Maryna Lobava.
19.06.2013 Ministry of Internal Affairs promises to address flaws in work with citizens
Brest activist of the movement “For Freedom” Inha Abramava received a reply to her appeal to the Minister of Internal Affairs Ihar Shunevich, in which she drew attention to the shortcomings of the employees of the government agency.
