{"id":46943,"date":"2023-05-22T20:10:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T17:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/rights-group-kalesnikava-health-deteorated-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"rights-group-kalesnikava-health-deteorated-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46943\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights group: Kale\u015bnikava health deteorated in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>May 22, <span>BPN. <\/span><\/b>According to a Belarusian human rights group, political prisoner Maryja Kale\u015bnikava is having health problems in a penal colony in Homiel.<\/p>\n<p> Mayday Team said Kale\u015bnikava&nbsp;does not work because of her health and was helped out during a march about a month ago.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cShe has been held in solitary confinement recently. Before that, she was regularly sent to a punishment cell,\u201d the group said. \u201cBut Maryja has not lost her spirits. She still wears red lipstick, her \u2018trademark\u2019 sign of tenacity and optimism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Kale\u015bnikava had emergency surgery for peritonitis, a complication of a perforated ulcer, in November. She was taken to a hospital in Homiel in serious condition.<\/p>\n<p> Information about her condition has been scarce because of the information blockade by the penal colony.<\/p>\n<p> Kale\u015bnikava was a speaker for presidential hopeful Viktar Babaryka. After his detention, she joined forces with \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and Vieranika Capka\u0142a, wives of other presidential contenders.<\/p>\n<p>She was detained on September 7, 2020, and taken to the Ukrainian border the next night. She refused to leave Belarus and tore up her passport. She was then taken to a detention center and sentenced to 11 years in prison on September 6, 2021, for conspiracy to seize power unconstitutionally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 22, BPN. According to a Belarusian human rights group, political prisoner Maryja Kale\u015bnikava is having health problems in a penal colony in Homiel. Mayday Team said Kale\u015bnikava&nbsp;does not work because of her health and was helped out during a march about a month ago. \u201cShe has been held in solitary confinement recently. 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