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Imprisoned Belarusian Activist's Mother Hospitalized After Detainment


Tatsyana Sevyarynets, the mother of imprisoned Belarusian opposition activist Paval Sevyarynets, was rushed to a hospital with blood pressure problems after police detained her on January 9 on unspecified charges.
Tatsyana Sevyarynets, the mother of imprisoned Belarusian opposition activist Paval Sevyarynets, was rushed to a hospital with blood pressure problems after police detained her on January 9 on unspecified charges.

Tatsyana Sevyarynets, the mother of imprisoned Belarusian opposition activist Paval Sevyarynets, was rushed to a hospital with blood pressure problems after police detained her on January 9 on unspecified charges, her daughter Hanna said on January 10. Paval Sevyarynets, a co-chairman of the unregistered opposition Belarusian Christian Democratic Party, was arrested in June 2020 during rallies where demonstrators were collecting signatures necessary to register candidates other than the authoritarian incumbent, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, for an August 2020 presidential election. He was later sentenced to seven years in prison on charge of organizing mass unrest. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Belarus Service, click here.

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