Families of Belarusian political prisoners say loved ones are being denied any outside contact.
Maria Kolesnikova, here in 2020, was given an 11 year jail sentence on charges of extremism and trying to seize powerFor almost six months, Maria Kolesnikova has been hidden from the world.
As the authorities in Belarus continue to track down and detain those involved in huge opposition rallies three years ago, they are also now holding the country's best-known political prisoners "incommunicado". Maria Kolesnikova was one of a trio of women who rallied crowds in nationwide protests after Mr Lukashenko claimed yet another landslide election win.The protests against a rigged vote ended in mass arrests, beatings and torture - all thoroughly documented, but still flatly denied by officials.
One of its own activists, just released, was made to spend his last nine days in solitary confinement, sleeping on a damp concrete floor and using his fist for a pillow. They had found photos of her on a friend's phone, including one from a rally where she was wearing the red and white opposition flag like a cape.
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