{"id":92364,"date":"2024-06-24T17:26:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T14:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92364\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"belarusian-doctor-arrested-in-russia-sent-to-viciebsk-remand-center","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92364\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian doctor arrested in Russia being held in Viciebsk detention center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June 24, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> U\u0142adzimir Marta\u016d, an intensive care doctor, has been deported to Belarus and locked at a detention cell in Viciebsk, Viasna Viciebsk<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The outspoken critic of the Belarusian health care system was arrested in the Russian city of Murino on May 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian authorities reportedly ordered the arrest as a preventive measure, but the reasons are unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marta\u016d had worked at the Viciebsk Emergency Hospital since 2003, where he headed the Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Department for five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He criticized the government handling of COVID-19, including disruptions in the supply of oxygen to the hospital\u2019s intensive care unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marta\u016d linked the disruptions to the deaths of several patients at the end of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was fired in early April 2021, following Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s remark that he \u201cshould be put in his place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marta\u016d abandoned his healthcare career and adopted an active civic stance on social media, denouncing violence by the authoritarian government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He left Belarus more than two years ago after serving a week in jail for displaying the banned white-red-white flag on his social media profile picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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