Vitebsk physician Igor Postnov today released. Medical advisory board of the Vitebsk Regional Clinical Center of Psychiatry and Addiction, in which Igor Postnov forcibly restrained , has decided to transfer him to the day hospital. He still has to have a medical procedure, but will spend the night at home.

Igor Postnov calls his exemption conditional, since the court's decision on compulsory treatment is not canceled, and the treatment is now in a day hospital, will continue. In an interview for the release of Igor Postnov expressed his gratitude to all those who fought for his release: human rights activists , politicians, journalists, and just caring people.

Igor Postnov known for his criticism of local authorities led by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets. In his video messages, posted on the Internet, he talked about the sorry state of medicine in the region and exposed the corruption. According to many, it is for his public statements Postnov paid.

August 16 a prosecutor doctor forcibly placed in a psychiatric hospital closed office where he worked. August 21 Vitebsk district court judge Tatyana Degtyareva ordered the compulsory psychiatric care doctor Postnov. At the hearing, neither the doctor nor his representatives were not present. Thanks to the help of human rights defenders Igor Postnov could appeal the decision of the court of first instance. September 12 Vitebsk regional court his appeal was dismissed.

The custody doctor in a psychiatric hospital caused a great resonance in society. With the demands made by the Liberation Postnova civil society activists and human rights defenders. Amnesty International has called for an independent psychiatric expertise of the doctor and declared its readiness to recognize him as a prisoner of conscience.