A 22-year-old political prisoner has died behind bars in Belarus, the country’s oldest human rights group said Saturday. Russian-born Dmitriy Schletgauer, who had been serving a 12-year sentence for espionage and “facilitating extremist activities” is the seventh dissenter to die in jail since Minsk launched a harsh and extensive crackdown on the opposition in 2020, the Viasna rights center said.



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Human rights activists say a 22-year-old political prisoner has died behind bars in Belarus. Viasna, the country’s oldest human rights group said Saturday that Russian-born Dmitry Schletgauer is the seventh

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Associated Press Human rights activists say a 22-year-old political prisoner has died behind bars in Belarus. Viasna, the country’s oldest human rights group said Saturday that Russian-born Dmitry Schletgauer is the seventh dissenter to die in jail since Minsk launched a harsh and extensive crackdown on the opposition in 2020. Tens of thousands were arrested amid huge protests that followed a disputed election that gave authoritarian President A…

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In Belarus, a boy who was previously tried for “extremist” activities dies in prison

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In the Mogilev colony in Belarus, the 22-year political closed, joint Belarusian legal protection organization “Vyasna” ended. A native of Russia Dmitry Schletbauer, who won a 12-year sentence for “espionage” and “association with extremist freedom”, became the seventh political prisoner, died in prison despite the fact that in 2020 Minsk began protests and large-scale repression against the opposition, the self-proclaimed President Aliaksandr L…

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22-Year-Old Policeman Died in Belarusian Prison

A 22-year-old Russian man considered a political prisoner by activists has died in a penal colony in Belarus, human rights group Viasna said Friday.
The rights group said it confirmed the death of Dmitry Shletgauer, who was recently transferred to a penal colony in Mogilev in eastern Belarus.
Viasna said Shletgauer had been at the penal colony for a short time before his death.
"Provisionally, this happened on October 11," the rights group said.…

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Russian political prisoner dies in Belarus penal colony, rights group says

According to human rights activists, Schletthauer spent less than a month in prison. The exact cause of death is unknown.

Шлетгауэр, по данным правозащитников, пробыл в колонии меньше месяца. Точная причина смерти неизвестна.

A 22-year-old political prisoner has died in Belarus, rights campaigners say

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