{"id":155401,"date":"2025-09-14T17:36:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/155401\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"jailed-dissident-attempted-suicide-rights-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/155401\/","title":{"rendered":"Jailed dissident attempted suicide \u2013 rights group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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September 14, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The 21-year-old jailed regime critic Mikita Za\u0142ataro\u016d cut his veins in late August at a penal colony in Or\u0161a, Viciebsk region, Dissidentby group reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was rushed to the hospital, where he received medical assistance, yet his condition raises serious concerns, rights defenders said, demanding the immediate release of the prisoner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police arrested Za\u0142ataro\u016d in August 2020 at the age of 16. The teenager was given five years in prison on protest-related charges. A judge later added 18 months to his term for alleged misbehavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Za\u0142ataro\u016d, who suffers from epilepsy, repeatedly complained to his family about brutal beatings and the use of electric shocks against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two years ago, his father Michai\u0142 \u0141apuno\u016d was imprisoned for disseminating content that Belarusian authorities deem extremist. Rights defenders consider the persecution of both to be politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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