On his Facebook page ,

wrote that "the message about the threat to the life of the Belarusian journalist, prisoner of conscience Ihar Losik is received with indignation."

"The imprisonment of Igor Losik and his wife Daria based on groundless and illegal decisions of the Lukashenka court is one of many shameful examples of authoritarianism and cruelty of the illegitimate Belarusian government.

We strongly condemn the repressive and punitive nature of the Belarusian system!

We demand compliance with all standards of humane treatment of political prisoners in Belarus!

We call on the president and the government of Ukraine to continue increasing the sanctions pressure on the representatives of the Belarusian government involved in crimes of aggression and violations of human rights in Belarus!

We call on our European colleagues to join efforts to achieve the release of all political prisoners in Belarus and to guarantee them the opportunity to leave the territory of this country!

Belarus lives!

Glory to Ukraine!"

Politically imprisoned Svaboda journalist

may now be in SHIZA, and not in Medsanchastok, as human rights activists of "Viasna" reported on March 20.

As Svaboda learned, some time ago Ihar allegedly refused to "clean the premises", and he was threatened with being sent to SHIZA.

In response, Losik demonstratively cut his hand and neck with a blade in the presence of other convicts.

According to unofficial information, the incident took place on March 15 in Novopoltsk colony No. 1 of the enhanced regime, where Igor Losik is serving a 15-year sentence.

On March 21, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal of Igor's wife,

against the sentence of 2 years in prison.

Criminal prosecution of Igor and Daria Losikov

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 second indictment, Ihar 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.

On December 14, 2021, 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.

, the wife of Igor Losik,

was sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony (according to Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code) for an interview about her husband, in which, according to the indictment, she "positioned herself as the wife of a political prisoner."

Daria Losik was sentenced on January 19, 2023 by the judge of the Brest Regional Court