human rights defender
Yanina Pazniak
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
HRD's year of birth
2005
HRD's Gender
Woman
Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
In prison (pre-trial)
HRD's bio and work
(AI translated) Yanina Pazniak is the daughter of Kiryl Pazniak, a journalist and political prisoner.
Detained since
Sep 4, 2025
Charge(s)
- Extremism
Sentence
(AI translated) She was detained along with her father on September 4, 2025. A few days later, she was formally charged with a criminal offense for her involvement with an “extremist group.”
On September 4, when Kiryl and Yanina were detained, the Belarusian KGB declared the YouTube channel Platforma 375 and its associated TikTok accounts an “extremist group.” According to the KGB, “extremist activities” were carried out by “a group of citizens among the channel’s members,” and Kiryl Pazniak was named as the organizer.
Latitude: 53.800288
Longitude: 27.602851
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
Location of detention - City/Town
v. Pashkovichy
Location of detention - Facility
Pre-trial detention center No. 1. 223016, Navadvorski selsavet, 143/4, v. Pashkovichy, Minsk rajon, Minsk voblast
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 2005
- HRD's Gender
- Woman
- Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
(AI translated) Yanina Pazniak is the daughter of Kiryl Pazniak, a journalist and political prisoner.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
- Location of detention - City/Town
- v. Pashkovichy
- Location of detention - Facility
- Pre-trial detention center No. 1. 223016, Navadvorski selsavet, 143/4, v. Pashkovichy, Minsk rajon, Minsk voblast
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 53.800288
Longitude: 27.602851
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Sep 4, 2025
- Current Status
- In prison (pre-trial)
- Charge(s)
- Extremism
- Sentence
(AI translated) She was detained along with her father on September 4, 2025. A few days later, she was formally charged with a criminal offense for her involvement with an “extremist group.”
On September 4, when Kiryl and Yanina were detained, the Belarusian KGB declared the YouTube channel Platforma 375 and its associated TikTok accounts an “extremist group.” According to the KGB, “extremist activities” were carried out by “a group of citizens among the channel’s members,” and Kiryl Pazniak was named as the organizer.
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- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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