{"id":94067,"date":"2024-07-05T11:29:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T08:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/94067\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"outspoken-regime-critic-taken-to-minsk-for-mental-exam","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/94067\/","title":{"rendered":"Outspoken regime critic taken to Minsk for mental exam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n Palina \u0160arenda-Panasiuk's portrait at the Belarusian House in Warsaw\n <\/div>\n \n
\n (Pozirk)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

July 5, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Authorities have transferred opposition activist Palina \u0160arenda-Panasiuk from Homiel\u2019s pre-trial detention center to the national mental health center in Minsk for an examination ordered by investigators, her husband Andrej \u0160arenda said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three years ago, the activist was given two years in prison after the judge found her guilty of violence against a police officer and insulting officials. She subsequently received two additional one-year terms for allegedly disobeying the prison administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On May 21, the day of her expected release, officials accused her of the same offence again as the charge is routinely used by authorities to keep opponents in prisons longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human rights organizations consider \u0160arenda-Panasiuk a political prisoner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her exiled husband said she was placed in a punishment cell at least 32 times, where she was held in “inhumane conditions.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minsk has ignored an appeal from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to take urgent measures to protect her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In late March, a state-run TV channel reported that she appealed to Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka for pardon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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