{"id":68099,"date":"2024-02-19T15:35:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T12:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&p=68099"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"navalnys-death-shows-how-dictators-kill-political-prisoners-belarusian-activist","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68099\/","title":{"rendered":"Navalny’s death shows how dictators kill political prisoners \u2013 Belarusian activist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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February 19, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Political prisoner Palina \u0160arenda-Panasiuk has been out of contact for a month and a half, her husband Andrej \u0160arenda said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities are not allowing a lawyer to see her, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recent death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in an Arctic penal colony clearly shows how dictators kill political prisoners, he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“First, they weaken them through frequent detention in punishment cells. Later, they simply finish them off by denying them medical care,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0160arenda-Panasiuk was held at least 32 times in the “inhumane conditions” of punishment cells and also spent about 150 days in the colony’s internal prison (PKT), the husband said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We still know nothing about her health condition,” he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June 2021, a district court in Brest sentenced \u0160arenda-Panasiuk to two years in prison for alleged violence against a police officer and insults against state officials. She subsequently received additional sentences for allegedly disobeying the prison administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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