Syarhei Kavelenka transferred to detention facility in Valadarski Street

Political prisoner Syarhei Kavelenka has left the guarded department of Navinki psychiatric hospital.

Radio Racja leanred the news from his wife Alena.

Syarhei Kavalenka was taken to the detention facility in Valadarski Street in Minsk.

“He has been moved to detention facility No. 1. I't unknown where he will be sent further. The regional courts says they do not take such decisions. I can only guess he will be transferred somewhere near Vitebsk. They do not have the right to send him to a penal colony, because the verdict has not taken force. He may be sent to the detention facility in Vitebsk,” Alena Kavalenka said.

According to Alena Kavalenka, there's no information about results of the psychiatric evaluation he underwent in Navinki hospital. Alena Kavalenka notes he could not leave Navinki hospital if he was found insane.

“He said at our latest meeting he would go on hunger strike again if he felt pressure on him. It's dangerous to be in prison in his state, with ruined health. He was not allowed to start normal recovering after fasting,” Alena Kavalenka says.