"I Won't Forget One Program - Two Apples From A Retired Lady."

• 12.09.2025, 16:18

Larisa Shchiryakova thanked the Belarusians for their support, transfers and other assistance.

Released Belarusian political prisoners held their first press conference in Vilnius.

A journalist from Homel Larisa Shchiryakova spoke during the conference:

- Donald Trump is now my president. I would also like to thank my relatives, incredible Belarusians - for their support, broadcasts and other help. I won't forget one transfer - two apples from probably a pensioner, I even got tears in my eyes.

In the detention center I studied languages - Spanish, Italian and French, as well as psychology. I also taught the people in the detachment to play chess, organized a poetry evening, where I read my favorite poet Anatoliy Sys "Garatsi kamyani v mamim logvishchy". Singing helped me a lot: we did it every day in the cell.

What I will not forgive this regime: I lived in hell for 2 years, under the constant threat that I would be arrested. I will also not forgive them for torturing my son: all the searches were conducted in front of him, when I was imprisoned, they came to him, checked his computer, interrogated him without a lawyer, forced him to be a witness against me.

The website Charter97.org is broadcasting the conference online.