Mikhail Apanasavich Marynich[a] (13 January 1940 — 17 October 2014) was a Belarusian diplomat, politician, and pro-democracy activist.
On 30 December 2004 Marynich was accused and imprisoned on dubious charges of stealing computers from an NGO, of which he was himself a director.
The computers belonged to the US Embassy, and the US Department issued a statement saying they didn't have any claims against Marynich.
The stroke was provoked by the prison administration when Marynich was denied access to his medicines after a very hard transportation in unheated train wagons from Minsk to Orsha.
Amid growing domestic and international pressure he was released from jail one year later, on April 14, 2006, shortly after Lukashenko started his controversial third term in office.