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Authorities in Belarus continue to put pressure on doctors

The trial of the pediatric oncologist Alena Sharafanovich, who is accused of violating public order, has begun in Minsk. 

The Joint Transitional Cabinet called this case evidence of the targeted destruction of not only civil society, but also the entire healthcare system.

The representative of the Joint Transitional Cabinet Volha Zazulinskaya noted that the training of pediatric oncologists takes decades, and the repression against professionals exacerbates the situation with personnel in Belarusian medicine. “This is not just persecution, but a form of state terror,” Zazulinskaya stressed. 

She called on the international community to pay attention to the systemic nature of repression and to support Belarusian specialists who have to fight not only for their profession, but also for freedom.