human rights defender
Andrei Aliaksandrau
Actions and Campaigns
Organization affiliation
- BelaPAN news agency
- BY_help foundation
HRD's year of birth
1978
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
Pardoned
HRD's bio and work
Aliaksandrau faced charges—of ‘high treason’. Apparently, the reason for this was cooperation with the BY_help Foundation in “activities aimed at harming the national security of Belarus.”
Detained since
Jan 12, 2021
Date of release
Sep 16, 2026
Charge(s)
- Creating disturbances
- Extremism
- Other
- Treason
Sentence
14 years
Latitude: 55.54
Longitude: 28.58
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Europe: Eastern Europe
Location of detention - City/Town
Navapolack
Location of detention - Facility
Penal colony No. 1. 211440, Navapolack, vulica Techničnaya 8
Recent case update / evolution
On 16 September 2026, he was released as a result of negotiations between U.S. Special Envoy John Coale and the Lukashenka regime, along with 24 other political prisoners, and forcibly transferred to Lithuania.
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