{"id":99234,"date":"2024-08-06T11:16:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T08:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/99234\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"dissident-doctor-leaves-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/99234\/","title":{"rendered":"Dissident doctor leaves Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n (Image courtesy of U\u0142adzimir Marta\u016d)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

August 6, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0U\u0142adzimir Marta\u016d, an intensive care doctor who faced politically-motivated persecution in Belarus, managed to leave the country for Lithuania, Andrej Stry\u017eak of the BySol solidarity foundation has said on Telegram.<\/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 and transferred to Belarus, where he was held in a detention cell in Viciebsk.<\/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’s 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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