Statkevich shared cell with a person ill with tuberculosis
The
former presidential candidate Mikalai Statkevich was kept in the same cell with
a prisoner who had been ill with tuberculosis, for more than two months. This
was found out by his wife Maryna Adamovich.
She is very concerned that doctors of the Mahiliou prison where he is serving
his term started paying an unusual interest to his health. Statkevich was
transferred to Mahiliou prison from Shklou prison three months ago, on 14
January. “They made an X-ray of his lungs in Shklou, and then – twice in
Mahiliou. The regions for such interest aren’t explained. However, I know that
one of his cellmates was ill with tuberculosis. Statkevich was kept in the same
cell with him for more than two months,” says Maryna.
According to Maryna Adamovich, she is concerned with the possible consequences
for the husband’s health. At the same time, she considers it as an attempt of
the Belarusian authorities to blackmail the West and push it to bargaining
about the release of political prisoners.
