News on the topic: detention conditions
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.
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.
