In Belarus, serving a sentence for involvement in mass protests after the presidential election blogger and the Telegram-channel administrator “Belarus Brain” Igor Losik sent a letter to Pope Francis with a request for help. This was announced by his wife Daria Telegram-Channel “Belarus now.”
According to her, the letter asked the chapter of the Catholic Church “to encourage these terrible people”, which with their political repression broke hundreds of people who disagree with the authorities of the President of the country Alexander Lukashenko. The spouse of the political prisoner added that her husband believes that the “meaningless cruelty” of the Belarusian authorities will come an end, and all unfairly arrested Belarusians will return to normal life.
“I do not ask for me to someone, but I ask for good, for the truth, for justice, for hundreds and thousands of Belarusians, who are desperate in the same position as I, and many even worse.” , “Daria led an excerpt from the letters of a pad to dad.
Igor Losik was detained on June 25, 2020. A criminal case on the article on the organization and preparation of actions was aroused against him, roughly violating public order, or an active part in them. Blogger’s wife argued that he was “deliberately creating inhuman conditions” under arrest. Later in protest, he declared a hunger strike.
In Belarus, more than half a year continued mass protests after the presidential election on August 9, 2020. Shares were tightly suppressed by the security forces. Tens of thousands of people were detained, many told about torture and beating in insulators. At least four people died, hundreds received prison terms for opposition activities.