Hero Of Belarus Vitold Ashurak Buried Under White-Red-White Flag

Hundreds of people came to bid farewell to the political prisoner.

As reported by nn.by, today in Biarozauka (Lida district) they bid farewell to 50-year-old political prisoner Vitold Ashurak. Hundreds of people came to the procession.

The Hero of Belarus was buried under the white-red-white flag.

On May 21 it became known that Vitold Ashurak, a political prisoner from Biarozauka, had died in the Shklou colony. He was 50 years old. Cardiac arrest was named as a preliminary cause of death.

The wife of the political prisoner said that he had no heart problems before.

The last letter from him came to her on April 30, although earlier letters came every 10 days.

She has no more information about the causes and circumstances of death.

The Investigatory Committee does not answer calls to the numbers that were given to her.

Belarusians hold actions of memory and solidarity with the deceased hero. They also demand that the Belarusian authorities be held accountable for the death of the activist.

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.