“There hasn't been a single day without the regime breaking a fate of an innocent person for the whole year. The world was shocked by the news about Raman Pratasevich the last week, but at the same time, hundreds, thousands of people are tortured in Belarusian prisons. Two weeks ago, the whole country was shocked by the death of political prisoner Vitold Ashurak. A week ago,17-year-old Dzmitry Stakhouski committed suicide because he could not stand the regime's pressure during interrogations. Today, right in the courtroom, activist Stsiapan Latypau cut his throat and then the veins in his arms. Stsiapan was taken out of the court unconscious, and we do not know if he will survive. We do not know if the rest of the prisoners and hostages will survive. But we know that this must be stopped immediately. Stop killing our children. Stop killing our family. Stop killing your own people. Stop doing what takes away your right to be called human”.
Svetlana Tsikhanovskaya's video message can be viewed here.
