{"id":67847,"date":"2024-02-18T10:59:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T07:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=67847"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"relatives-of-cancer-hit-politician-concerned-about-his-health-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/67847\/","title":{"rendered":"Relatives of cancer-hit politician concerned about his health in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kastusiou_saranchukou_fb_1128x753.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kastusiou_saranchukou_fb_1128x753.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kastusiou_saranchukou_fb_1128x753-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kastusiou_saranchukou_fb_1128x753-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kastusiou_saranchukou_fb_1128x753-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kastusiou_saranchukou_fb_1128x753-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Ryhor Kastusio\u016d\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(social media of the Belarusian Popular Front&#039;s acting chairman Vadzim Saran\u010duko\u016d)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian Popular Front leader Ryhor Kastusio\u016d is in Hrodna&#8217;s Prison No. 1, his son-in-law D\u017amitryj Anton\u010dyk said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;According to the latest information, he is alone in the cell,&#8221; the political prisoner&#8217;s relative said on Facebook yesterday. &#8220;He complains about health, saying that the conditions in the Wolf Dens colony were extremely severe. A long transfer to Hrodna further undermined his health.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ivacevi\u010dy District Court ordered that Kastusio\u016d be transferred to a prison a month ago. In November, Anton\u010dyk said the man was in the colony&#8217;s special housing unit (PKT). In June and July, the politician was at least four times detained in a punishment cell for 10 days. Authorities forbade him to meet with his family and seized his personal notes and mailing addresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kastusio\u016d, who suffers from cancer, has been in captivity since April 2021. On September 5, 2022, the Minsk Regional Court (Judge U\u0142adzimir Are\u0161ka) sentenced the politician to 10 years for an alleged conspiracy to overthrow the government. Kastusio\u016d pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In November 2022, the Supreme Court upheld the sentence. The interior ministry soon added him to the list of &#8220;extremists.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 14, 2023, the Supreme Court dissolved the Belarusian Popular Front party. However, it continues to operate and is recognized internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ryhor_kastusiou_sud_atn_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ryhor_kastusiou_sud_atn_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ryhor_kastusiou_sud_atn_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ryhor_kastusiou_sud_atn_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ryhor_kastusiou_sud_atn_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ryhor_kastusiou_sud_atn_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Prison conditions of ailing party leader deteriorate, Viasna tells United Nations<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 17, Pozirk. The Viasna Human Rights Center has complained to the UN rapporteurs on Belarus and the right to physical and mental health about the deteriorating prison conditions of Ryhor Kastusio\u016d, leader of the Belarusian Popular Front (BPF). The &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/61592\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 18, Pozirk. Belarusian Popular Front leader Ryhor Kastusio\u016d is in Hrodna&#8217;s Prison No. 1, his son-in-law D\u017amitryj Anton\u010dyk said. &#8220;According to the latest information, he is alone in the cell,&#8221; the political prisoner&#8217;s relative said on Facebook yesterday. &#8220;He complains about health, saying that the conditions in the Wolf Dens colony were extremely severe. 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