Siarhei Mikhajlavich Shametska
- Dissidentby since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by Dissidentby
- Viasna since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by the Viasna Human Rights Centre

The staff of Pretrial Detention Center No. 7 systematically participate in violating the rights and freedoms of prisoners, in particular those arrested for political reasons. Political prisoner Vitalia Bondarenko, who was in Pretrial Detention Center No. 7, was forced to sign 5 blank sheets of paper through pressure, threats and blackmail. Political prisoner Mikhail Kalishuk was beaten by guards on the territory of the pretrial detention center because he refused to go to the stage for trial. Sanctioned a ban on the transfer of books, magazines and crosswords to the pretrial detention center. Political prisoners are held in pretrial detention centers for many months and even years in order to obtain testimony and fabricate criminal cases, which is a serious violation of their rights.
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