Political prisoner Vitold Ashurak Dies In Shklou Colony

The judge who sentenced him to five years in jail is Maksim Filatau.

Political prisoner Vitold Ashurak died in a colony in Shklou. He was 50 years old.

This was reported by his relatives. The pre-emergency cause of death is cardiac arrest, reports nn.by.

Vitold Ashurak was an activist from Biarozauka, a member of the Belarusian Popular Front, coordinator of the For Freedom movement.

The activist was detained on September 19, 2020. The judge of the Lida District Court, Maksim Filatau, announced the trial would be behind closed doors. The sentence was 5 years in a general regime colony, which Vitold served in the Shklou penal colony #17.

“I didn’t kill anyone, I didn’t deceive anyone, I didn’t steal anything. I did what my conscience required,” Siarhei Pantus recalled Vitold's words.

Important to note, the media learned from Vitold Ashurak's letter that in the Shklou colony, yellow tags are sewn onto the robes of those convicted over the protest-related articles.