3 ys ago today the streets of #Belarus filled with protesters, after the electoral body announced the victory of the incumbent (for 26 ys) #Lukashnka over #Tsihanouskaya Massive protest rallies were held, for months, under the now banned white-red-white (b-ch-b in short in #Belarusian ) despite a massive violent crackdown. Some were shot, thousands arrested, tortured. Among them Maria #Kalesnikava , an opposition leader, being held #incommunicado for the last 6 months

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66384662

But we're talking #nuclear #weapons, not pistols, I reply.

"Nuclear, yes. They're weapons too. #Tactical nuclear weapons."

I mention the case of jailed #Belarus #opposition activist Maria #Kolesnikova. #Kalesnikava

"For months her relatives and lawyers have been denied access to her in #prison . Why?" I ask.

"I don't know anything about this," he claims." (cont.)

#Belarus 'isolates prominent political prisoners

https://www.dw.com/en/in-belarus-prominent-political-prisoners-are-isolated/a-65844052

#Belarusian authorities broke the jailed dissident Maria Kolesnikova's #Kalesnikava contact with her family in the winter. "Cutting off contact with the outside world is real torture," her sister, Tatsiana Khomich; told DW

RT @by_kalesnikava@twitter.com

The latest news about Maria Kalesnikava’s condition:

Last week @viasna96@twitter.com human rights activists learned from the prisoners of the colony that Maria is still in hospital on the territory of the colony, her condition is not very good, she has lost a lot of weight.
#kalesnikava

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/by_kalesnikava/status/1612501058558824464

Marya Kalesnikava is all right. In jail she got perforated ulcer. She still can't eat normally, because jails' food not suitable for her disease. But Kalesnikava still optimistic. On this photo she smiles with her father, who could saw her first time for almost two years.

#Belarus #Kalesnikava #Repressions #Jail

R to @nexta_tv: #Belarusian pro-government Telegram channels published a new photo of Maria #Kalesnikava with her father. The political prisoner is smiling on it. https://nitter.net/nexta_tv/status/1600018544481050624#m

Just found out, that Maria Kalesnikava, one of the icons of Belarusian Rebellion of 2020, got to intensive care.
She refused to leave Belarus after Lukashenka lose election, but forcibly seized in power. Kalesnikava was brought against her will to Belarus-Ukrainian border. But she tore her passport.
Lukashenka jailed and tortured her after that. And now this.
She should not become another victim of this regime.

#Belarus #Torture #Jail #Kalesnikava

https://nashaniva.com/304343

This is very worrying. Maria #Kalesnikava had just been put in the шизо isolation cell, and now this:

RT @viktar_babaryka@twitter.com

‼️Urgent! Maria Kalesnikava @by_kalesnikava@twitter.com is in the ICU of the Homel Clinical Hospital. The cause is unknown.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/viktar_babaryka/status/1597625518022569986

Leading #Belarus opposition figure Maria #Kalesnikava has been taken from prison and placed in intensive care, her colleagues say she is in a serious but stable condition after having an emergency #operation but they've been given no details. She has been in solitary confinement. She is serving an 11 yr sentence for her part in the mass protests against Lukashenko. the security forces tried to make her leave the country but she ripped up her passport.

Die bekannte belarussische Oppositionelle Maria #Kalesnikava wurde aus der Strafkolonie Gomel in ein Krankenhaus gebracht und operiert. Dort liege sie auf der Intensivstation, solle morgen aber in die Chirurgie verlegt werden. Das bestätigte ihre Schwester Tatjana Chomitsch dem SPIEGEL in einem Telefonat.

https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/schwester-der-belarussischen-oppositionellen-kalesnikava-keiner-sagt-uns-warum-sie-im-krankenhaus-liegt-a-c41da5b6-3443-4f24-9788-3f1041a3ab22?sara_ecid=soci_upd_KsBF0AFjflf0DZCxpPYDCQgO1dEMph