Mikalai Dziadok protested against tortures by prison staff. Viasna human rights centre learnt it from Valeria Khotsina, the wife of

the political prisoner.

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.

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