#FreeViasna
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#FreeViasna
- Alla Sokolenko, a Latvian citizen, traveled to #Belarus for a short visit to have cosmetic surgery. She was detained as she was preparing to leave and was accused of espionage. After more than three years in detention, Alla was released on December 13, 2025. Photo by Māris Morkāns
- In an interview Alla spoke about her 18 months in the KGB pre-trial detention center and the conditions in the penal colony. She said that political prisoners in the colony are called the “tenth” category, marked with yellow tags, and given the worst living conditions. spring96.org/en/news/119563
- 🤷♀️ Year of the Belarusian Woman: Formality and Reality #womenrights #noexcuse #politicalprisoners #Belarus
- 🥶 Today in Homiel, it is -25°C. What does this mean for female political prisoners? A former political prisoner, with tears in her eyes, tells Viasna that during the current severe cold and snow, she often thinks about those still in Homieĺ Penal colony No. 4 spring96.org/en/news/119534
