Democratic leader of Belarus

Svyatlana Tsikhanovskaya

continues her official visit to the USA.

On March 28, she spoke in the US Senate, where she spoke about the situation in Belarus.

Before the start of the Belarusian politician's speech, Senator

Jean Sheikhin

noted the importance of supporting Belarusian political prisoners.

Separately, she mentioned the repression against journalist

Igor Losik,

after which she hung his portrait.

Senator Jean Sheikin noted that Igor has been behind bars for more than 1,000 days and attempted suicide last week.

"If we made portraits of all the prisoners in Belarus, this hall would not be enough for a frame.

I think it's the same in Venezuela," she remarked.

Igor was sentenced to 15 years in a penal colony under the enhanced regime in the Tikhonovsky case.

Later, his wife, Daria Losik, was sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment.

Losik's four-year-old daughter Paulina is now with her grandparents.

On March 20, "Viasna" human rights activists reported that Ihar attempted suicide while in a penal institution, after which he was sent to a mental institution.

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 his sentence.

"Viasna" reports that Ihar injured himself while already in SHIZA, where he was on hunger strike for a long time.

There is no other source of such information.

As Svaboda knows, the lawyer last saw Igor in mid-February.

The meeting scheduled for March did not take place.

The defender, who came to see Igor in the colony, was informed that he did not write a statement on time for a meeting with his lawyer.

According to the version of the colony's administration, which became known to Svaboda, Igor Losik now has a small scratch on his neck, his hand is also slightly damaged, it was bandaged.

The administration also insists that "there is no threat to the prisoner's life and health", and Ihar Losik is now not in the detention center, but in SHIZA.