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Political prisoner Artsyom Bayarski’s health has deteriorated: he has a persistent bad cough, and a skin rash occurred.

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.

Journalist Iryna Slaunikava was transferred from the infamous detention facility on Akrestsin Street to pre-trial detention centre Nr 1 on Valadarski Street in Minsk. The family managed to hand over a parcel with food and essentials to her, the Belarusian Association of Journalists reports.

Ten female cellmates, including journalist Iryna Slaunikava, have been hunger striking in the two-man cell of the infamous detention centre on Akrestsin Street in Minsk since Wednesday evening.

Iryna Leushyna’s being in custody has been extended for two months, until December 18, naviny-by reports with reference to her daughter Hanna.

The convicts in the so-called students’ case has started to be transferred to penal colonies after their appeals were dismissed, human rights centre Viasna reports.

Maria Uspenskaya’s relatives aren’t taking the show

From the TDF in Akrestsina to the pre-trial detention center in Valadarski street