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Prison Number 8
Prison № 8 be, Папраўчая ўстанова «Турма № 8» is a prison in Zhodzina, Belarus founded in May 1984. It has become known as a place of imprisonment for many political prisoners since 2020, after the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests. History The building was erected in 1984 as a "medical and occupational prevention." In 1992, the hospital was transformed into a pre-trial detention center № 8 of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee. In 1999, a special corps for lifers was opened. Prisoners are being held in prison pending investigation and sentenced to life imprisonment. Political repression The pre-trial detention center can hold up to 1,500 people, but former prisoners report actual significant overruns. There have been several suicides and sudden deaths in prison, which human rights activists have linked to violence by the administration. In 2015, the Zhodzina prison warden was sentenced to six years in prison for "suicide" and "abuse of office" For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minsk Oblast Executive Committee
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region (voblast) and Minsk District (raion). As of January 2021, its population was 2 million, making Minsk the 11th most populous city in Europe. Minsk is one of the administrative capitals of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). First documented in 1067, Minsk became the capital of the Principality of Minsk before being annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1242. It received town privileges in 1499. From 1569, it was the capital of the Minsk Voivodeship, an administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of a region annexed by the Russian Empire in 1793, as a consequence of the Second Partition of Poland. From 1919 to 1991, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
