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January 13, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Vadzim Chra\u015bko died of pneumonia in the early hours of January 9 and was buried three days later in Minsk, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was reportedly hospitalized when it was already too late to save him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police arrested Chra\u015bko in April for several donations to opposition initiatives. In early August, judge Siarhiej Chrypa\u010d sentenced him to three years in prison despite serious illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chra\u015bko was branded as a person “involved in extremist activities” after the Supreme Court had rejected his appeal in October.\u00a0He had been held at Penal Colony No 3 in Viciebsk for about two months before his death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chra\u015bko was the fourth person known to have died behind bars after being imprisoned in politically-motivated cases, the others being Vitold A\u0161urak, Mika\u0142aj Klimovi\u010d and prominent artist Ale\u015b Pu\u0161kin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

January 13, Pozirk. Vadzim Chra\u015bko died of pneumonia in the early hours of January 9 and was buried three days later in Minsk, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. He was reportedly hospitalized when it was already too late to save him. Police arrested Chra\u015bko in April for several donations to opposition initiatives. In early […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":60853,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-60870","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPolitical prisoner dies behind bars \u2013 rights group | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 13, Pozirk. 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