{"id":169308,"date":"2025-12-22T18:16:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169308\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"labkovic-jailed-dissidents-face-torture-like-conditions-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169308\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141abkovi\u010d: jailed dissidents face torture-like conditions in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

December 22, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Conditions for jailed regime critics in Belarus represent torture in every sense of the word, rights defender U\u0142adzimir \u0141abkovi\u010d has told journalists in Vilnius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141abkovi\u010d, released on December 13 and forced to leave Belarus, described the conditions in Belarusian prisons as \u201cextremely harsh.\u201d In one instance, wardens threatened him with solitary confinement if his name was mentioned in the online independent media outlets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The solitary confinement cells are very cold and psychologically taxing, he added. \u201cAfter a week, two, four, five, it really becomes unbearable. I have spoken with many people from our group [of released dissidents] who are now in Poland, and they shared experiences that require serious reflection,\u201d the activist said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141abkovi\u010d also mentioned cases of physical abuse. \u201cThere were many moments that I am not ready to talk about,\u201d he said. \u201cI am certain that the very good and wonderful people who are now being held at Penal Colony No. 17 would be sent to solitary confinement today if I began speaking openly about what happens there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka released 123 prisoners, mostly his political opponents, on December 13 in a deal with Washington. Most of them, including \u0141abkovi\u010d, were initially taken to Ukraine. Two days later most of those released were taken to Poland and 20, including \u0141abkovi\u010d, traveled to Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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