human rights defender
Yauhen Hlushkou
Actions and Campaigns
Yauhen Hlushkou
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
HRD's year of birth
1968
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
Released
HRD's bio and work
Yauhen worked for many years at Mahilioŭ city Television. In the early 2000s, he collaborated with various news outlets as a freelancer. More recently, he did not engage in social activities, lived alone and led a rather secluded life. That is why his detention was not immediately known.
Detained since
Jan 5, 2024
Date of release
Aug 22, 2026
Charge(s)
- Extremism
- Other
Sentence
3 years
Latitude: 53.1391122308583
Longitude: 29.243545532226566
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
Location of detention - City/Town
Babrujsk
Location of detention - Facility
213800, Babrujsk, vulica Sikorskaha 1
Recent case update / evolution
Yauhen Hlushkou has been released after fully serving his three-year term, a source has told Pozirk. He was hospitalized with trophic ulcer on returning to Mahilioŭ. He was also in hospital before his release.
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1968
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Yauhen worked for many years at Mahilioŭ city Television. In the early 2000s, he collaborated with various news outlets as a freelancer. More recently, he did not engage in social activities, lived alone and led a rather secluded life. That is why his detention was not immediately known.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Babrujsk
- Location of detention - Facility
- 213800, Babrujsk, vulica Sikorskaha 1
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 53.1391122308583
Longitude: 29.243545532226566
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Jan 5, 2024
- Current Status
- Released
- Date of release
- Aug 22, 2026
- Charge(s)
- Extremism
- Other
- Sentence
3 years
- Recent case update / evolution
Yauhen Hlushkou has been released after fully serving his three-year term, a source has told Pozirk. He was hospitalized with trophic ulcer on returning to Mahilioŭ. He was also in hospital before his release.
- Protection actions and campaigns
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- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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