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A protest in the capital, Minsk, on 30 August 2020 (Photo: Natalia Rak/Flickr)

Belarus demonstrator: 'The worst was the screams'

One night in August Sviatlana S. was grabbed by police when she was at a peaceful protest in Minsk calling for Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko to step down.

Riot police threw her into a packed van and transported all of the people inside to a detention centre.

They next few days were hell. She was kept in three-by-four metre cell with 36 other women without access to food, water or a toilet. There was so little space they had to sleep in shifts.

If they asked fo...

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Natalia Kaliada is a political activist and founder of the Belarus Free Theatre. She now lives in exile in London.

A protest in the capital, Minsk, on 30 August 2020 (Photo: Natalia Rak/Flickr)

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Natalia Kaliada is a political activist and founder of the Belarus Free Theatre. She now lives in exile in London.

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