Belarusian basketball star Levchanka released from prison and shares terrible experience

It has already been reported that at the end of September, a Belarusian court sentenced Levchenko to 15 days of administrative detention for “participation in unauthorized mass events”.

Levchenko was detained on the morning of September 30 at Minsk Airport while preparing to go to a previously planned course of treatment and rehabilitation. She was accused of taking part in the protests on 23 and 27 September, using as evidence a photograph published on her Instagram account and a publication on the sports news site Pressbol.

“I would like to inform you of the circumstances in which I would be arrested [varas iestādes] threatened my life. I haven’t slept on a mattress in the last 13 days because it was taken away. I also didn’t really have access to bed linen, so I slept on a metal bed frame, “the basketball player told me about the experience of the past 15 days.

“Also, the sewer didn’t work for two weeks. The last time we were allowed to walk was five days ago. All these unhygienic conditions led me to catch lice.”

The athlete also discovered that due to poor living conditions, an old trauma – a spinal disc herniation – has worsened. She also said that the cellmate was ill, but it was not known if it was a cold or more serious.

Levchanka has played for the Belarusian national team since 2001, including at the Olympic Games. She is a three-time Euroleague bronze medalist and a semi-finalist of the three-time European Championship, including a one-time bronze medalist.