"Daria is a fighter for freedom, democracy and justice.

For more than two years, she has been tirelessly fighting for the release of her husband, blogger Igor Losik.

For this courage and sense of justice, Daria must now pay with her freedom.

Igor and Daria have a little daughter Paulina, who together with her father will miss her mother every day.

Dar'i's arrest once again shows the ugly face of Lukashenka's dictatorship," said German Bundestag deputy

In October 2021, he also became the "godfather"

Robin Wagner

"Therefore, it is self-evident for me to support Darya's release as long as necessary.

Polina needs parents.

Belarus needs such brave democrats as Igor and Daria.

Europe needs an end to the criminal regime of Lukashenka," Wagener wrote.

Daria, the wife of political prisoner and Svoboda journalist Ihar Losik, was detained in the morning of October 18.

Security forces came to the Losiks' home at 8 a.m., Daria herself and her four-year-old daughter Paulina were still sleeping.

According to pro-government Telegram channels, Daria Losik is accused of facilitating extremist activities in the form of a conversation with Belsat TV channel in the spring of 2022.

According to which article the wife of the political prisoner is accused, it is not officially reported.

Daria Losik was initially detained as part of a criminal case for three days.

As Svaboda learned, on the morning of October 21 she is still in the Brest pre-trial detention center, Darya was not released.

Her family is gathering the documents necessary to issue guardianship over Losikov's daughter Paulina.

Whether Igor Losik knows about his wife's detention is not known for sure.

His relatives have not had contact with Igor since last week, there are no recent letters from him yet.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty President

made a statement about the detention of Daria Losik:

"Daria Losik is not guilty of anything, except for defending her unjustly imprisoned husband Igor Losik.

She should be released without delay to take care of her daughter Paulina.

The Losik family has suffered enough."

The US State Department said that they are alarmed by the news about the detention of Daria Losik.

Svoboda journalist

behind bars for more than two years — since June 25, 2020.

In December 2021, the Gomel Regional Court sentenced Ihar to 15 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

The political prisoner was transferred to Novopolatsak, to a place of permanent imprisonment.

Criminal prosecution of Igor Losik

Criminal proceedings were instituted against the administrator of the "RB Brain" community and the freelance consultant of Radio Svaboda Ihar Losik according to Part 1 of Art.

342 of the Criminal Code ("preparation for violation of public order") and Part 2 of Art.

293 ("preparation for participation in mass riots").

Losik was detained on June 25, 2020 after a house search in Baranavichy.

At that time, 167,000 people were subscribed to his Telegram channel "RB Brain".

Ihar Losik actively covered the events of the presidential elections of Belarus.

Human rights activists recognized him as a political prisoner.

On December 15, after the presentation of the second indictment, Igor Losik announced a protest hunger strike and held it until January 25.

On March 11, 2021, Losik was charged with a new charge.

As a sign of protest, Igor injured his wrist in front of the lawyer and the investigator, and also announced a dry hunger strike.

For this, Losik was placed in the cell of Zhodzin remand prison.

He stayed there for five days, four of which he was on a dry hunger strike.

It is not known under which article new charges were brought against Losik.

His lawyer, Dmitrii Lepretar, is under a bond of non-disclosure.

Ihar's wife and two-year-old daughter are waiting at home.

The wife used to come to the place of the closed court and was on duty near the building, without even having a chance to go in and be at the trial.

On December 14, in the pre-trial detention center-3 building in Gomli, judge

sentenced 6 defendants:

• Ihar Losik

  was sentenced to 15 years in prison,

• Artem Sakav

  - 16 years old,

• Mykola Statkevich

  - 14 years old,

• Dmitriy Popov

  - 16 years old,

• Serhiy Tsikhanovsky

  - 18 years old,

• Vladimir Tsyganovich

  - 15 years of imprisonment.