police brutality

26-year-old Syarhei Krupenich and Anastasiya Krupenich-Kandratsieva from Minsk have been in prison since July 15. They have been arrested seven times in a row for ‘distributing extremist materials’. According to human rights activists, they were sentenced for ‘extremism’ in private correspondence – links to various channels recognized as ‘extremist’.

On Tuesday, the death of 49-year-old bus driver Pavel Sibiliou was reported. On 10 August 2020, amid the post-election protest in Minsk, the man was wounded by a grenade not far from Pushkinskaya metro station, which resulted in grave health impairments. Notably, he was at work on that day.

Vladimir Osechkin, the founder of the Russian human rights group Gulagu.net, says that they have information about Russian special services’ contribution to recent torture cases in Belarus.

The conversation was recorded on August 11 last year

The Investigative Committee will not initiate cases for violence on the part of law enforcement officers.

The criminal case was brought against the loader for insulting Lukashenka and representatives of the authorities.

On Monday, Zhlobin district court completed hearing the criminal case of Mikalai Lyohki, spring96.org reports.

Eight Belarusians in Lithuania have already been recognized as victims

In March, the Minsk police severely beat the detained 19-year-old student Artsyom Bayarski and filmed his confession. Then a pro-Lukashenka journalist published the on his Telegram channel, spring96.org reports.

In 2020, Belarus became a country with thousands of detained, beaten, tortured people. In its project ‘I Was Being Lucky’, Belsat TV tells the stories of 21 Belarusians who suffered police brutality.

In 2020, Belarus became a country with thousands of detained, beaten, tortured people. In its project ‘I Was Being Lucky’, Belsat TV tells the stories of 21 Belarusians who suffered police brutality.