News on the topic: hunger strike
14.02.2012 Appeal of HRC “Viasna” to Siarhei Kavalenka
The Human Rights Center “Viasna” issued an urgent appeal to Siarhei Kavalenka, who has been keeping a hunger-strike for 57 days already. Here’s the full text of the address:
14.02.2012 Commission for pardons responds to hunger-striker Sviatlana Chornaya
She is protesting against the death sentence pronounced to Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavaliou, keeping her hunger-strike since 30 November.
13.02.2012 Siarhei Kavalenka’s life is in danger
The political prisoner’s health is in critical condition.
02.02.2012 Vitsebsk: wife received letter from Siarhei Kavalenka with two-week delay
In the Vitsebsk pre-trial prison Alena Kavalenka was assured that there were no delays with the sending of letters and they were checked within the legally allowed term, three days. However, on 1 February she received a letter dated 17 January. In this letter the hunger-striker Siarhei Kavalenka wrote that he was subject to forced feeding.
01.02.2012 Aleh Volchak “Russian citizens went on hunger-strike in detention center”
The human rights activist reports about lots of illegal migrants in the detention center in Akrestsin Street and two Russians, who went on hunger strike.
31.01.2012 Police prevent journalists from seeing hunger-striker from “Granite” enterprise
Six days ago Leanid Hladzevich, a driver working at the “Granite” plant in the city of Mikashevichy, went on a hunger-strike of protest against the pressurization of members of the independent trade-union and deprivation of the head of its local unit, Aleh Stakhayevich, of driver's license for six months.
30.01.2012 Minsk dweller goes on hunger-strike of protest against torture of Andrei Sannikau
That’s how Andrei Nikalayeu wants to show support to his candidate.
19.01.2012 Jailed Belarusian Activist On Hunger Strike Being 'Forcibly Fed'
VITSEBSK, Belarus -- Medical personnel have begun forcibly feeding a jailed political activist on hunger strike in eastern Belarus, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.
11.01.2012 “Viasna” demands immediate release of Siarhei Kavalenka from jail
The Human Rights Center "Viasna" calls on the Belarusian authorities to immediately stop the persecution of the activist of the Conservative-Christian Party “Belarusian Popular Front” Siarhei Kavalenka.
10.01.2012 Siarhei Kavalenka refuses to stop his hunger-strike, while procuracy refuses to drop his case
A lawyer of an activist from Vitsebsk has received an official reply from the prosecutor’s office of the Pershamaiski district.
10.01.2012 Sviatlana Chornaya continues hunger-strike against death verdict to Kanavalau and Kavaliou
The woman has been on a hunger-strike of protest against the death sentence to Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavaliou since December. The youngsters had been sentenced to death on charges of committing a terrorist act in the Minsk metro on 11 April 2011.
06.01.2012 Siarhei Kavalenka is not allowed to meet with his wife
Alena Kavalenka learned it from the investigator who deals with her husband's case. On 3 January she had filed an application for a meeting with Siarhei. However, on 5 Janury investigator Yury Volkau mocked at her, saying that in some cases complaints could be considered for up to 10 days.
05.01.2012 Vitsebsk: Siarhei Kavalenka refuses to stop hunger-strike
On 4 January a lawyer met with an activist from Vitsebsk, who was arrested and placed into a detention facility for a period of investigation of a criminal case against him.
04.01.2012 Vitsebsk: prison administration refuses to accept water for hungering activist
Siarhei Kavalenka, a member of the Conservative-Christian Party “Belarusian Popular Front”, has been on a hunger-strike of protest for the 16th day already. This is how he protests against the ungrounded, in his opinion, accusation of avoidance from serving punishment. According to Alena Kavalenka, they once again rejected drinking water for her husband. She thinks that this is a torture with regard to a person who is on a hunger strike and has many chronic diseases.
13.12.2011 Disabled man goes on hunger-strike to protest against death penalty
He also refused to take medicines. Valery Hancharenka demands to improve treatment conditions for TB patients.
