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> whose husband died in jail after standing at elections in opposition to the Lukashenko regime. What? He was in prison in 2004-2006, but died in 2014.
by avodonosov 6y ago
> whose husband died in jail after standing at elections in opposition to the Lukashenko regime.
What?
He was in prison in 2004-2006, but died in 2014.
- thamer 6y agoIndeed, this is incorrect. He didn't die in prison but his death was likely precipitated by the conditions of his imprisonment. From Wikipedia[1]: > In March 2005, in Orsha prison, Marynich suffered a cerebral stroke. The stroke was provoked by the prison administration when Marynich was denied access to his medicines after a very hard transportation in unheated train wagons from Minsk to Orsha. [...] Marynich died on 17 October 2014, at the age of 74. His death was officially ruled a homicide, caused by the stroke he received in prison 9 years earlier. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Marynich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Marynich
- avodonosov 6y agoWell, the "officially ruled a homicide" part seems false too, the reference after this sentence in the wikipedia article leads to a tut.by news post, where nothing is said about "ruled a homicide". But overall, I agree, his case looks unlawful and politically motivated, from what I can find in the public sources (the wikipedia and tut.by) - he was sentenced for stealing computers that US Embassy provided to his NGO, while US Department released a statement that they don't have any claims against him.