Volha Takarchuk

LETTERS FROM LUKASHENKA'S PRISONERS Volha Takarchuk Political vlogger Detained on 19 May 2021 "I keep waiting for the day when I want to live again. You wrote about smiling. I know that, but it's so difficult here. Everything here has become meaningless without...

Aliaksandr Vasilevich

LETTERS FROM LUKASHENKA'S PRISONERS Aliaksandr Vasilevich Businessman Detained on 28 August 2020 "Penguin and Papa paced nonstop from wall to wall. To the guards above, they must have looked like zombies flailing around the little courtyard in desperation :) The...

Letters from Lukashenka’s prisoners

LETTERS FROM LUKASHENKA'S PRISONERS GIVING A VOICE TO THOSE IMPRISONED UNJUSTLY IN BELARUS Following a highly disputed election, Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka claimed victory in August 2020. Protests erupted and a vicious crackdown ensued. Three years...

Maria Kalesnikava

LETTERS FROM LUKASHENKA'S PRISONERS Maria Kalesnikava Musician and Political Activist Detained on 9th September 2020 "The court hearing took place today [Dad] so I already know how you had to ‘get changed’ – I bet everybody in the detention centre could hear me...