Today, March 17, security forces detained Maryna Adamovich, the wife of Mikalai Statkevich.
“Today, near our home, my wife Maryna Adamovich was detained. Allegedly, they want to take explanations regarding her receiving the Homo Homini human rights award in Prague on my behalf. They were waiting near the house. One introduced himself as investigator Kazlou. There is no further information yet,” a message on Statkevich’s Telegram channel said.
Adamovich accepted the Homo Homini 2026 award in Prague on March 11 on behalf of Statkevich.
Mikalai Statkevich was sentenced in 2021 in the so-called “Tsikhanouski case” to 14 years in prison. In September 2025, he was among 52 political prisoners who were to be transferred to Lithuania, but he refused to leave Belarus and ran out of the bus. He was then held for several months in a prison in Hlybokaye — this became known only after his release on February 19. On January 21, he suffered a stroke, which affected his speech. He is now at home in Minsk, but has still not been issued documents, and his legal status remains unclear.
