Ales Pushkin, Dissident Artist in Belarus, Is Dead in Prison at 57

Ales Pushkin, Dissident Artist in Belarus, Is Dead in Prison at 57

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Belarusian security officers detained Ales Pushkin in July 1999 after he dumped a wheelbarrow full of manure outside the country’s presidential offices. A pitchfork pierced a photo of President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko. A “holy fool,” in his words, he railed against the repressive Lukashenko…

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