A 22-year-old political prisoner has died in Belarus, rights campaigners say

A 22-year-old political prisoner has died behind bars in Belarus, the country’s oldest human rights group said Saturday. Russian-born Dmitriy Schletgauer, who had been serving a 12-year sentence for espionage and “facilitating extremist activities” is the seventh dissenter to die in jail since Minsk launched a harsh and extensive crackdown on the opposition in 2020, the Viasna rights center said. https://apnews.com/article/belarus-lukashenko-prisoner-prison-death-died-crackdown-opposition-b8c8fb49360dcde7d30fde2f0e41cc64