hunger strike

Uladzimir Matskevich stops hunger strike
He had met with the investigator
17.02.2022
Agnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy: Lukashenka is responsible for Matskevich's life
The philosopher’s hunger strike “went off the main radar” because of the events in Ukraine
16.02.2022
Public figure Uladzimir Matskevich goes on dry hunger strike
Philosopher has been without food for 10 days, now he refuses water as well
15.02.2022
Political prisoner Natallia Hersche goes on hunger strike again
Natallia Hersche, who is currently being held in a closed men’s prison in Mahiliou, has embarked on another hunger strike on January 30, RFE/RL reports with reference to the political prisoner’s brother Henadz Kasyan. Natallia, who is a citizen of Belarus and Switzerland, has been behind bars for over a year.
31.01.2022
Censor crosses out words about start of hungerstrike in political prisoner’s letter
Political prisoner Henadz Smirnou, who is being held in Baranavichy pre-trial detention centre, went on a hunger strike, he wrote in a letter dated November 28. However, a censor crossed out the words about the hunger strike, human rights activists report.
10.12.2021
Minsk activist Volha Harbunova goes on hunger strike in Akrestsin detention centre
The reputed Belarusian activist Volha Harbunova has been hungerstriking since her being detained on November 9, Reform.by reports citing Volha’s friends.
18.11.2021
Minsk detention centre: Women's cell in which journo Iryna Slaunikava is held stages hunger strike
A number of female prisoners who were placed under arrest in the notorious detention centre on Akrestsin Street in Minsk has launched a hunger strike in protest against the harsh conditions of confinement.
04.11.2021
Jailed musician Ihar Bantser needs medical aid after hungerstriking, spending 40 days in punishment cell
According to our own information, Ihar Bantser, a punk rock musician and activist from Hrodna, has been released from a punitive unit after spending a total of 40 days in complete isolation. The man had no right to receive food parcels there.
15.09.2021
‘We live with awareness that we are doing something important.’ Five Belarusians on hunger strike in centre of Warsaw
In the centre of Warsaw, in front of the local office of the European Commission, five people dressed in blankets and Belarusian flags are sitting on camping chairs. They have been drinking only water for a few three days now.
31.05.2021
Mahiliou: Two detained journos go on hunger strike
Mahiliou-based journalists Alyaksandr Burakou and Uladzimir Laptsevich, who are currently being held in the local pre-trial detention centre, have started hungerstriking, MayDay reports.
13.05.2021
Babruysk: Hunger-strikers put in disciplinary cells
Six persons sentenced to administrative arrest are reported to have started hungerstriking in the remand prison of the town of Babruysk.
07.04.2021
Hrodna hunger striker Ihar Bantser sentenced to 1.5 years of restriction of liberty
On March 19, a Hrodna court passed a verdict in the case of musician and activist Ihar Bantser, who was on a dry hunger strike.
19.03.2021
Political prisoner Dzmitry Furmanau quits hunger strike
Dzmitry Furmanau, who has been behind bars since late May, has stopped his hunger striking, A Country for Living movement said on Telegram on Wednesday morning.
17.03.2021