Belarusian Detained Doctor Talks About Abuse And Torture In Detention

Irina Markelova works as an endoscopist at the LODE Medical Center in Minsk. The woman was detained last Sunday near Nemiga metro station, when she was walking with her friends, Radio Svaboda writes “It started raining, I opened my red and white umbrella. Police vans immediately drove up to us, and ‘men in black’ pushed about 32 people in it.

Near the Sports Palace, we were transferred to paddy wagons with cells. Then there was an episode that turned my whole idea of ​​life upside down. We smelled something, as if someone sprayed gas.

People started coughing. I felt that I couldn’t breathe. I had laryngospasm, this is when the vocal cords are completely closed, one can’t inhale or exhale.