In Poland, at the request of Minsk, a citizen of Belarus Makar Malakhovsky was detained, which in the fall of 2020 received a humanitarian visa due to political persecution. About this in its Facebook Reports the head of the Belarusian house in Warsaw “Ales Zarembük.
According to him, the Polish security forces came to the apartment of Belorus in the city of Pisewn on September 12 and took him into a branch on the basis of the request of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Belarus. It is expected that in the future it is extradited to their homeland for the court investigation.
Previously 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. He asked the chapter of the Catholic Church to “invoke to stop these terrible people”, which with their political repressions broke hundreds of people of people who disagree with the authorities of the President of the country Alexander Lukashenko.
In Belarus, more than half a year continued mass protests after the presidential election on August 9, 2020, then Alexander Lukashenko once again won. Shares were suppressed by 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.
Lukashenko found a demonstration attempt by the public coup and accused Western countries in his organization. The European Union and the United States responded to this economic sanctions against the Belarusian regime. Most oppositionists were forced to leave the country.