US EditionFemale political prisoners in Belarus face abuse, humiliation and threats of losing parental rights
Female political prisoners in Belarus face arbitrary punishment, including solitary confinement and threats of child removal, with 178 women detained under harsh conditions, human rights groups report.
- Antanina Kanavalava, a former political prisoner and confidant of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, described harsh abuses in Belarusian prisons following the 2020 election crackdown.
- The crackdown involved mass arrests exceeding 65,000, police beatings, closure of independent media, and imprisoning opposition leaders under conditions described as inhuman.
- Women prisoners face specific abuses such as forced standing in 'shame cages,' solitary confinement, threat of losing children, forced labor, and denial of medical care, amid unsanitary cells and isolation.
- U.N. experts called the treatment "inhuman and degrading," with prisoners like 43-year-old Viktoryia Kulsha enduring hunger strikes and physical assault for activism related to 2020 protests.
- Despite Lukashenko releasing over 300 political prisoners recently, Kanavalava says repression continues with ongoing imprisonment and traumatized families separated by state policies.
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