Pavel Mazko

LETTERS FROM LUKASHENKA'S PRISONERS Pavel Mazko Clothing designer and charity worker Detained on 23 March 2021 "In prison, the only time you don’t feel the prison atmosphere is in your dreams...Most people who aren’t in prison have a negative mentality - they can't...

Andrei Aliaksandrau

LETTERS FROM LUKASHENKA'S PRISONERS Andrei Aliaksandrau Journalist and human rights defender Detained on 12 January 2021 "I wonder if Santa will appreciate the fact that I've been eating well and leading a proper lifestyle. Thanks to you, and other good people, my...

Hanna Vishniak

LETTERS FROM LUKASHENKA'S PRISONERS Hanna Vishniak Volunteer, Drivers-97 Detained on 28 October 2020 "My brain is being purged, and cannot remember the words of my favourite songs, poems, or even the names of my favourite actors..." READER'S NOTE: Hanna Vishniak is a...

Ihnat Sidorchyk

LETTERS FROM LUKASHENKA'S PRISONERS Ihnat Sidorchyk Film director, actor and poet Detained on 10 August 2020 "You could call it a place where time stands still. People are tortured by time...you feel like a boy forgotten in a park on a Ferris wheel." READER'S NOTE:...