On January 4, Pavlina, the daughter of Svoboda journalist Ihor Losik and Daria Losik

,

turned four.

Paulina celebrated her birthday with her grandparents.

Her parents are now behind bars.

Igor

is serving his sentence in the Novopoltsk colony,

Daria

is in the Brest pre-trial detention center.

Paulina celebrates her birthday for the third time without her father, Igor was arrested on June 25, 2020.

On December 14, 2021, he was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

Daria Losik was detained on October 18, 2022, she is accused of aiding extremist activities for the Belsat TV channel's comment on the conditions of Ihar Losik's detention in the colony.

Daria's case has already been transferred to the court, the trial should start soon.

Three-year-old Paulina was taken in by her parents after Daria's arrest.

The families of Igor and Daria take turns taking care of the girl, she goes to kindergarten.

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 the 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, Dmitriy 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 building of SIZA-3 in Gomli, judge

Mikalai Dolya

handed down sentences to 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.