EU deplores death of seventh political prisoner in Belarus
The EU Lead Spokesperson for External Affairs Peter Stano has called for the immediate release of political prisoners in Belarus, following the death of Dzmitry Shlethauer.
The 22-year-old political prisoner Dzmitry Shlethauer died in a Belarusian prison on 11 October.
“After less than a month in prison, Dzmitry Shlethauer became the 7th political prisoner to die. He had just become a father, it’s deplorable and shows the inhumane nature of Lukashenka’s repression,” Peter Stano wrote on X.
He added that around 1,300 political prisoners remain detained by the regime in the “appalling conditions”.
“They must be immediately released!” Stano said.
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