Mikalai Dziadok cuts his abdomen and arms in prison in Belarus

Mikalai Dziadok protested against tortures by prison staff.

Viasna human rights centre learnt it from Valeria Khotsina, the wife of
the political prisoner.

Submitted by S2W on May 27, 2015

Viasna human rights centre learnt it from Valeria Khotsina, the wife of
the political prisoner.
Mikalai Dziadok was transferred to correctional facility No.9 in Horki
for his new prison term on May 12. On May 13, he was thrown into a
punishment cell for five days. On May 19, he was transferred to a
solitary confinement cell. Mikalai Dziadok spent the night in a very
cold cell and asked to be transferred to another cell.

On the morning of May 20, the political prisoner cut his abdomen and
arms to draw attention of prison officers. He received medical attention
in a medical unit and was returned to the same cold cell where he
remained until May 26. According to Valeria Khotsina, her husband
already received four sanctions.

Mikalai Dziadok has served 4.5 years of imprisonment for alleged
destructive actions against official buildings. He was to be released on
March 3, 2015. On February 26, the court of Mahilou’s Leninski district
sentenced the political prisoners to an additional year in a maximum
security correctional facility for violating article 411 of the Criminal
Code (disobeying orders of prison staff). The court of appeal upheld the
verdict on April 30.

http://abc-belarus.org/?p=6044&lang=en

Comments

unknown_zapatista

8 years 9 months ago

In reply to by libcom.org

Submitted by unknown_zapatista on May 28, 2015

Oh bloody hell. Belarus is often perceived as a workers state, but it's bloody not.