The EU extends restrictive measures against the Belarus regime for another year, showing support for Belarusians amid ongoing repression. Reports reveal harsh conditions faced by political prisoners in Russia, including isolation, poor food, arbitrary punishment, and corruption within the penal system. UN experts suggest the treatment of a Belarusian political prisoner may amount to torture. Opposition leader Tsihanouskaya urges international ambassadors to increase pressure on the Belarus regime to address the urgent situation of political prisoners.
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The U.N. experts believe the poor conditions Kastusiou has endured, together with a failure by prison medical services to provide timely medical treatment and care, “may even amount to torture.” #Belarus https://t.co/OGMcAVR3QR
For political prisoners like Vladimir Kara-Murza, "life in Russia’s penal colonies is a grim reality of physical and psychological pressure, sleep deprivation, insufficient food, health care that is poor or simply denied, and" dizzying arbitrary rules. https://t.co/ESM4m7N9I5
A glimpse into life in Russia's gulag for political prisoners https://t.co/1heXoKEEPO
🧵Life and death in Putin’s gulag @ArkadyOstrovsky has been corresponding with Vladimir Kara-Murza, one of Russia’s highest profile prisoners. Discover what it's like inside the country’s brutal penal system https://t.co/Q0vfeO5mNd ⬇️
For political prisoners, life in Russia’s penal colonies and labor camps is a grim reality of physical and psychological pressure, insufficient food, poor health care, sleep deprivation and arbitrary rules that are impossible to obey. https://t.co/lWZe4oe7Lz
What's life like for Russia's political prisoners? Isolation, poor food and arbitrary punishment https://t.co/zaB6a4uLx3
Corruption lies at the heart of it. Racketeering by prison staff is endemic and bribery can buy you a better cell. But those who refuse to pay get “broken”—beaten or tortured. 1843 magazine explores the inner workings of Russia’s penal system https://t.co/cmLDFHeWQk
“The goal of the penitentiary system…is to break people, to destroy their personality and to vaccinate the population against freedom.” One of Russia’s highest-profile political prisoners gives 1843 magazine a unique insight into life inside a gulag https://t.co/XFeSOgTwkR
Grateful for the 🇪🇺's decision today to extend restrictive measures against the #Belarus regime for another year. This move highlights the international community's commitment to stand with Belarusians amid ongoing repression & a drastically deteriorating human rights situation. https://t.co/683pLFn7ZV